Putting People First - Shaping your future, choosing your care

Commission of Inquiry into the future services for adults in need of support and care

The Leader of Hampshire County Council, Cllr. Ken Thornber has launched a commission of inquiry to help shape future services for people in need of support and care.

The system for providing social care for adults will be transformed so that the emphasis is on the individual's dignity, right to self-determination, choice, control and power over the support services they receive. This is called Personalisation.

Personalisation means moving away from traditional social care where people are fitted into a limited set of available statutory services. It involves considering a person as an individual with aspirations, as well as needs, and a circle of family, friends and other resources and support mechanisms around them. It introduces the requirement for greater personal responsibility and for individuals to use their own resources, as well as those available through statutory and other services, to meet their needs in the best way possible.

We are determined to understand what ‘personalisation’ means for individuals and the impact of implementation on all those who are involved in support and care.

We would like to gather people’s ideas, comments and experiences in relation to the personalisation of adult social care, how social care can be funded, and how it will change the relationship between the state and service users.

This will help us in Hampshire to meet the challenges of demographic changes and resource constraints and will also inform the forthcoming government green paper on future funding of Social Care.

• Commissioners - a full list of Commissioners is provided. The Commission is chaired by the Leader of Hampshire County Council, Cllr. Ken Thornber CBE, with Cllr. Felicity Hindson MBE, as Vice Chairman.

• Terms of reference

• Briefing Papers - background information for the Commissioners

• Sessions to Hear the Evidence
  • People and Carers (28.04.08)
  • Partners and Funding (12.06.08)
  • The Care Market (18.07.08)
  • The Local Authority (19.09.08)

• Contact us - details of how and where to submit your evidence