Kent County Council is to bring together a panel of experts to discuss the future of adult social care in the first ever Kent Care Summit on 2 March.
Located at the Detling Showground near Maidstone, the focus of the summit is to share industry insights, people’s experiences of care and support and their visions for the future.
By inviting representatives from all areas of the sector to tackle challenges and create solutions the aim is to agree future priorities and actions to develop the future Kent care market.
A panel of local and national care sector representatives will discuss the current status and future of social care and will answer questions that will help the summit develop ideas and action plans.
The panel of local and national care sector representatives includes:
- Michelle Dyson, Director General for Adult Social Care, Department of Health and Social Care
- Oonagh Smyth, Skills for Care CEO
- Isaac Samuels, Social Care Future
- Claudia Sykes OBE, Social Enterprise Kent
- Vic Rayner OBE, National Care Forum
- Jonathan Shaw, Kent Further Education Strategic Director
- Adam Hutchinson, KICA Vice Chair
- Paul Bentley, Chief Executive Designate, Kent and Medway ICS, Accountable Officer, Kent and Medway CCG
- Natalie Reed, Head of Inspection, CQC
“Care provision and the market needs to adapt to best fulfil the needs of our carers and residents and so, to tackle this head on I am delighted to be hosting Kent’s first Care Summit, bringing the sector together in Kent to discuss care challenges and solutions and commit to a new Kent Care Market Action Plan to shape a better future for adult social care together,” said Kent County Council leader Roger Gough (pictured).
“This will not be a ‘one off’ event but is instead intended to be the beginning of the conversation progressing and updating outcomes regularly,” he added.
Further information can be found at https://letstalk.kent.gov.uk/kent-care-summit.
