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Addressing Barriers and Evidence for TEC

Sector Risk and Innovation Group (SRIG) Lead - Paul Berney, Associate, TSA

TSA and ADASS Commission Members

  • Commission Co Chair - Sir David Pearson, Chair, TEC Quality
  • Commission Co Chair - Melanie Williams, President, ADASS, Executive Director for Adult Social Care and Public Health, Nottinghamshire County Council
  • Rich Amos, Lived Experience Advisor
  • Rowan Atkins, Associate, TSA
  • Sally Burlington, Chief Executive Officer, ADASS
  • Gavin Butler, Adult Principal Social Worker Network Co-chair and Senior Manager Mental Health, Principal Social Worker (Adults), Cheshire West and Chester Council
  • Alexis Chappell, Strategic Director of Adult Care and Wellbeing, Sheffield City Council
  • Mike Chard, Director of Policy and Analysis, ADASS
  • Chris Donnelly, Managing Director, Legrand Care UK
  • Nathan Downing, Director of Consultancy Services, TSA
  • Debra Edwards, Lived Experience Advisor
  • Justene Ewing, Vice President Health and Care, CGI
  • Dr Clenton Farquharson CBE, Associate Director, Think Local, Act Personal (TLAP)
  • Nerys Hebdon, Head of TEC Customer Enablement, The Access Group
  • Emily Holzhausen CBE, Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Carers UK
  • Joe McLoughlin, Managing Director, Careium
  • Chris Nisbet, Transformation Programme Lead, Warrington Borough Council
  • Mark Moulding, Head of External Affairs and Policy, Skills for Care
  • Tania Openshaw, Project Manager, TSA
  • Angela Osei-Owusu, Principal Occupational Therapist, Enfield Council
  • Stuart Parsons, Director Consulting Services, CGI
  • Stephen Peddie, National Care and Health Improvement Adviser for Digital Technology in Adult Social Care, Partners in Care and Health (PCH), a partnership between the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services
  • Sarah Roxby, Executive Director of Housing, Vico Homes
  • Alyson Scurfield, Chief Executive Officer, TSA
  • Peter Skinner, Programme Director, Digitising Social Care (DiSC), NHS England
  • Caroline Williams, Director of Adult Social Care, Warrington Borough Council
  • Alan Williamson, Head of Engagement and Communications, TSA

Purpose (Objective)

  • Support the introduction of proactive and preventative services.
  • Show how proactive and preventative technologies and accompanying services are already being used successfully to support people, their families and unpaid carers to live the life that they want and reference their lived experiences of these services.
  • Provide a vision of how these technologies could be used in the future to support services and a simplified explanation of how they work (myth buster).
  • Be based on best in class approaches already being deployed by Local Authorities and TEC Service Providers.
  • Be accompanied by a tool that will allow a service commissioner to work out at a high level, the likely costs, benefits and outcomes of proactive and preventative services.

W​ork Programme Update (July 2025)
Previously, SRIG members identified multiple barriers to growth for TEC and more specifically for proactive and preventative solutions (P&P), outlining the need to improve care experiences and outcomes for individuals who draw on care and the financial case for investment by local authorities and care providers. To address this TSA partnered with colleagues at ADASS, and created a Commission to unlock the power of proactive and preventative care services. A best practice blueprint was published in April 2025 (at the ADASS pring Seminar).

You can see further information and download the Blueprint here

TSA continues to support Local Authorities to implement the Blueprint.


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