At the beginning of May, the government announced how the Social Care Commission will work – they shared the Terms of Reference.

These say what the commission will work on and the deadlines for doing its work.

You can read them here

Before the Commission officially started Baroness Casey met with some people who draw on support.

Mary, one of the Learning Disability England elected member reps was at that meeting and shared this update.

Before the meeting, Baroness Casey had asked us to be ready to share what we want her to focus on in the work of the commission – that took up most of the meeting as we all had a lot to say about that.

I didn’t know everyone in the room but I think there were about 6 people who draw on support there. It was good to see Anna from Social Care Futures and Clenton from TLAP were part of this.

I said that Baroness Casey should make sure the commission includes everyone in its work and not forget people with profound and multiple learning disability who get left out too often.

This is a chance to make a difference to how social care works – I am excited at the possibilities.

Learning Disability England will keep working with the commission team and members, to help them be part of the inquiry and make sure what matters to people with learning disabilities, their families and paid supporters is included.

This includes sharing what is working now.

The Good Lives framework brings together what matters and what works – find out more here.