Who regulates ASC

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Brenda Prentice

Dear Somerset County Council,

Please tell me, who regulates Adult Social Care in County Hall? Where can this be found, in what Act?

Yours faithfully,

Brenda Prentice

Somerset County Council,

Somerset County Council Information Request Team
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Dear Mrs Prentice
 
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Thank you for your request for information about Adult Social Care
regulator which we received on 3 July 2017.

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Dear Mrs Prentice
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 3 July 2017.
 
Please find attached our response to your request.
 
Yours sincerely
 
 
Simon Butt
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Communications
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Brenda Prentice

Dear Somerset County Council,

Thank you Simon,

Are you telling me that Adult Social Care is regulated by the Director of Adult Social Services and that they regulate themselves?

Who are Adult Social Services accountable to?

Yours sincerely,

Brenda Prentice

Somerset County Council,

Dear Mrs Prentice

Under the Local Government Act 1972, The County Council is responsible for
the provision of Adult Social Care in Somerset. As I said in my previous
response there is oversight from the Care Quality Commission.

 Somerset County Council is composed of elected members who have ultimate
responsibility for all the services that the Council provides.

 Somerset operates a system of cabinet governance . The cabinet member for
Adult Social Care (who also has some statutory responsibilities) is
Councillor David Huxtable. More details can be found at

[1]http://www.somerset.gov.uk/councillors-a...

 

Yours sincerely

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Dear Somerset County Council,

Thank you Simon,

Are you telling me that Adult Social Care is regulated by the Director of
Adult Social Services and that they regulate themselves?

Who are Adult Social Services accountable to?

Yours sincerely,

Brenda Prentice

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Dear Somerset County Council,

Dear Simon Butt ,

Thank you for your reply. CQC have assured me they do not regulate Adult Social Care, they do regulate providers of care.

So I think I have got it right, Adult Social Care at Count Hall do regulate themselves and so are unaccountable.

I also have found over the years that elected members seldom understand what they are responsible for. They also usually back staff whether right or wrong .

Getting justice for the public is sometimes..........difficult! But thank you for your response.

Yours sincerely,

Brenda Prentice