Improvement for All:​ Stronger Together

On 22 April 2026, ​more than 100 colleagues and partners came together at an event hosted at the University of Birmingham Exchange to:

 Pete Fahy Chair, WM-ADASS Branch, DASS, Coventry City Council

"Our vision is to promote independent lives and fair, thriving communities in the West Midlands by strengthening local health and social care and responding positively to change."

We have five objectives to help us achieve this and which underpin our improvement work. They are:

  1. Build a well-led, stable and resilient adult social care workforce;
  2. Create a shared, trusted, evidence base that drives assurance, learning and innovation;
  3. Strengthen practice quality, confidence and readiness for CQC;
  4. Put lived experience at the centre of local accountability, learning and improvement.
  5. Shape policy and reform by speaking with a clear, confident regional voice.

Through our ‘Improvement for All: Stronger Together’ approach, we support ourselves and each other, with people with lived experience and all our partners, to make health and social care in the West Midlands the best we can.

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Upcoming Events

Black History Month - Honouring Voices

This event will take place online from 10:30am to 12:30pm. The session will articulate the sentiment of honouring voices within the community through a series of presentations. Topics covered include domestic violence and abuse, the experiences of people living with sickle cell disease, lived experiences of Black women working in Local Authority social work and community covering. 

Read more about Black History Month - Honouring Voices

Latest Resources

Changing Conversations Resource

This resource is for professionals who have any engagement with children with autism and their parents. The resource was developed by parents and professionals (from health, education and social care) and is one output of the WM ADASS project Perspectives on Autism.

The AI Playbook

This playbook presents artificial intelligence (AI) not as something futuristic, but as a feature already embedded in people's daily lives. The Playbook provides real stories, practical guidance, and clear values, to help everyone who draws on social care or supports someone who does.

Access the AI Playbook from this link