Baroness Casey has again referenced dementia, this time in a speech given to the Local Government Association (LGA) Conference. The speech included the following: “Dementia is a good example of where I think the system is in the wrong place. Too often, the answer from the NHS and the medics when we talk about dementia…
Baroness Casey has talked about dementia during her evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee. Amongst her comments, Baroness Casey says: “It’s something I can’t convey to you how strongly I think that this policy area needs to be looked at, driven and pushed. That I think it’s like an elephant in the…
The UK Government has sent a letter to Baroness Casey to update her on progress with her adult social care reform recommendations, including her call for urgent action on dementia care (which we reported on here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/baroness-casey-speech-highlights-urgent-need-for-reform-of-dementia-care). The letter from the Department of Health and Social Care updated Baroness Casey on the progress that has…
Baroness Casey, who chairs the Casey Commission into Adult Social Care in England (which we have reported on here https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/?s=Casey+Commission), has given a speech to the Nuffield Trust Summit 2026 where she called on the government to take urgent action to reform dementia care. The speech, which set out Baroness Casey’s early assessment of the…
Baroness Casey, alongside Prime Minister Andy Burnham, has launched ‘The Big Conversation on Care’. Described as ‘the most ambitious public conversation in a generation, handing the public a direct role in shaping the future of adult social care in England,’ The Big Conversation is for anyone living in England to say what they want and…
Following the announcement in January that there will be an independent commission into adult social care chaired by Baroness Louise Casey (we reported on this here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/uk-government-announce-casey-commission-into-adult-social-care), the UK Government has now published the Terms of Reference for the Commission. You can read the Terms of Reference here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-commission-into-adult-social-care-terms-of-reference/independent-commission-into-adult-social-care-terms-of-reference Commenting on the Terms of Reference,…
The UK Government has announced an independent commission into adult social care. The Commission will be chaired by Baroness Louise Casey and will aim to inform Government about the work needed to deliver a National Care Service. The Department for Health and Social Care say of the Commission: “Split over 2 phases, the commission will…
Michelle Dyson took up the post of Chief Executive of the Alzheimer’s Society in November 2025. Michelle is the former Director General for Adult Social Care at the Department of Health and Social Care. Michelle worked in the civil service for 27 years and was awarded a CB (Companion of the Order of the Bath)…...
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A letter led by the Spinal Injuries Association – with support from parliamentarians and charities including Dementia Carers Count – has been sent to the House of Lords, for the attention of Baroness Casey of Blackstock, highlighting continence care as one of the most neglected and taboo areas of adult social care. The letter says:…
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