Jon Glasby, Professor of Health and Social Care at the University of Birmingham and Director of IMPACT, has been appointed as a specialist adviser to the House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee. He will work alongside Anna Severwright, from the #SocialCareFuture movement, so that the two advisers bring a mix of academic and practice experience, as well as lived experience of drawing on care and support.
Chaired by Baroness Andrews, the role of the Committee is to consider the planning for, and delivery of, adult social care services in England. It is a ‘special inquiry committee’, with the House of Lords creating four such time-limited committees per year.
This appointment will see Jon advising on potential witnesses for the inquiry, helping to set the scene for discussions, reflecting on the evidence heard and advising on the production of briefings and the Committee’s final report.
Jon, a qualified social worker by background, is Director of IMPACT, the UK centre for implementing evidence in adult social care. In seeking to ensure that front-line services and practice are more evidence-informed, IMPACT draws on different types of research, the lived experience of people who draw on care and support and their carers, and the practice knowledge of social care staff in order to support practical changes in the reality of local practice.
