Poor adult social care providers to be named in ‘radical’ shake up

PLANS set to ‘revolutionise’ the standard of adult social care in Staffordshire have been welcomed.

Matthew Ellis, the cabinet member for adults and wellbeing on Staffordshire County CouncilCounty council chiefs have backed proposals which aim to improve the quality of care provided across the county, which they said were necessary if they wanted to deliver the best standards of care continuously.

Under the proposals which have been put forward for recommendation, health chiefs will look to get the best carers into areas such as nursing — and possibly increase their pay.

The aim is to promote the status of carers who have received the best standard of training into areas where they are needed the most.

The plans will also make organisations which are guilty of providing poor care more accountable, by naming and shaming them.

The county council said these new ‘radical’ measures would ‘lead the way for the rest of the country’, and that the plans will focus ‘not just on standards, but the whole experience of care’.

Matthew Ellis, cabinet member for adults’ wellbeing at Staffordshire County Council, said: “We have not been waiting for the Government to do this, or to send up a flare to say we need change, but are taking action ourselves.

“These measures are radical, but they need to be if we want to deliver quality care first time and every time.”

The plans will be discussed further at a full council meeting on September 10, and members of the public can also have their say with the public consultation period running until September 16.

Councillor Ellis said so far the plans had received the backing of the public.

He added: “We have already had some really positive feedback from professionals and other members of the public and we hope more and more people will join the debate.”