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  The East Midlands ADASS Learning Disability and Autism Community of Practice workshop today was a really constructive chance to bring together the insights from Phases 1 and 2 of our regional high‑cost, complex cases project. Phase 1 gave us a clear picture of...

East Midlands ADASS, working in partnership with the Digital Care Hub, held a webinar on 4th February 2026 for care providers, that introduced what AI is, common myths and explored how it can support, quality, efficiency and outcomes in care services.   Speakers...

Coming Together for Prevention: Reflections from Our East Midlands Regional Workshop 21st January 2026 This week, colleagues from across the East Midlands came together for a lively and collaborative workshop focused on strengthening our regional prevention agenda....

Cybersecurity in Social Care: Lessons from the Frontline On 3 June 2025, adult social care providers from across the East Midlands came together for a dynamic and highly engaging Cybersecurity Workshop. Hosted in partnership with key regional stakeholders, the event...

We recently presented our new toolkit on provider led reviews at the ADASS spring conference. Twelve councils from across the country expressed an interest in piloting our readiness toolkit. We hope to publish the final toolkit by the end of October 2024.

East Midlands on the map In 2024/25 two of our East Midlands directors are taking leading national roles: Melanie Williams is the president of the National Association of Adult Social Services (ADASS). Andy Smith is the president of the National Association of the...

As part of the initial self-assessment exercise in 2023, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) was a common theme identified by all the East Midlands councils. The workshop was designed to help councils develop their improvement plans and to identify regional...