We Join SCIE For Care Sector Report Launch

Community Integrated Care was delighted to join the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) in Westminster on Wednesday 28^th January for the launch of their report, ‘Towards a National Care Service: Raising national standards of care’.

Hosted by Sojan Joseph MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Adult Social Care, the event brought together sector leaders, people who draw on care and support, commissioners, carers and policymakers to officially launch SCIE’s new report and explore the future direction of social care reform in England.

The report was informed by a series of roundtables, co-hosted with The Access Group, which brought colleagues from the sector together to explore what national standards should look like and how they could operate in practice. It is intended that the report’s insights and the proposed framework will prompt further debate and inform the work of the Casey Commission and its recommendations for a future National Care Service.

The Westminster launch featured contributions from Sojan Joseph MP; Right Hon. Prof. Paul Burstow; SCIE Chair, Kathryn Marsden OBE; SCIE Chief Executive, Isaac Samuels OBE; SCIE Trustee and Co-Chair of the National Co-production Advisory Group, and Care Minister, Stephen Kinnock MP.

Throughout the event, discussions centred on how national standards could bring greater coherence, visibility and accountability to social care while ensuring reforms remain grounded in co-production and real lived experience. The Care Minister also spoke about tackling the adult social care ‘postcode lottery’, recognising the role of unpaid carers and the importance of outcomes shaped by lived experience.

Ben Lehan-Powick, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at Community Integrated Care, said, “SCIE’s report provides an important and timely contribution to the debate on social care reform. Ensuring national standards, co-produced with people who draw on care and support, will play a vital role in creating a fairer, more consistent system that reflects what truly matters to people. We were pleased to join colleagues across the sector today to support this discussion and explore how we can collectively work towards a stronger, more person‑centred social care sector.”