A Caring Future: Social Care and Local Government funding event.

Title of event: A Caring Future: Social Care and Local Government funding

Held on: May 13 2008 at Glaziers Hall, Montague Place, London SE1

Hosted by: Councillor Nick Stanton, Leader of the Council


Southwark Council gathered other local authorities in the country, the All Party Parliamentary Group and local stakeholders to examine current thought on reform to social care provision and what this means for users, councils and their partners. The summit was able to set the challenges in the current public spending and inform the debate of what will happen to care provision in the future.


Please find below links to presentations by the speakers.

A Caring Future: The London perspective
Councillor Sharon Massey
Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care
London Borough of Bexley and member of
London Councils Health and Adult Services Forum

Care under pressure: What this means for people with a learning disability
Heather Honour
Director, Learning Disability Coalition


Parliamentary inquiry into services for older people: the emerging debate
Janet Sillett
Local government information unit, Policy advisor to All Party Parliamentary Group: Adult social care


Fair Funding Campaign: Social Care Funding Now and in the Future
Adrian Jenkins and Tony Brown, Local Government Futures Ltd


Social Care Funding in Southwark - the wider context
Tony Travers, Director greater London group, London School of Economics