Adult Social Care Prevention Framework

Following engagement and early co-production with the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector, our workforce, partners and workshops with Kent residents throughout September 2024 - March 2025, we are now running a public consultation on our newly proposed Adult Social Care Prevention Framework. We invite you to review our proposals and share your views.

Kent County Council has a statutory duty under The Care Act (2014) to prevent, reduce and delay the development of needs for care and support by promoting individual wellbeing and ensuring that people can live as independently as possible. We will make the best use of data and research-led practices, early interventions and partnership working.

The Department of Health and Social Care (2018) defines prevention as: “Prevention is about helping people stay healthy, happy and independent for as long as possible. This means reducing the chances of problems from arising in the first place and, when they do, supporting people to manage them as effectively as possible.”

The Framework sets out our ambition to help more people in Kent to live fulfilled, healthy and independent lives now and in the future.

Our ambition

By 2035, adult social care in Kent will have fundamentally shifted towards a strategic, operational and financial model that prioritises prevention, early intervention and delay of escalating care needs. We will make the best use of data and research-led practices, early interventions and partnership working.

The Adult Social Care Prevention Framework will be supported by a detailed delivery plan that will be monitored regularly.

Have your say

You can tell us your views by completing our consultation questionnaire. There is also an Easy Read version of the questionnaire which is available from the 'Documents' section on this page.

If you cannot complete the online questionnaire, a Word version is available to download from this webpage which you can complete and return either by email or post.

We're holding both virtual and in-person engagement sessions across Kent in June and July, and we encourage you to attend to ask questions and share your feedback. You can find details of these open sessions in the 'Engagement Sessions' section on this page.

We are also running sessions within existing community groups in partnership with the voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations across the county, as such some of these are closed sessions and only available to those already attending those groups. We have therefore not included these sessions in our ‘Engagement Sessions’ section. However, our advertised open sessions are available for drop-ins. For those unable to attend any of the in-person or open sessions, our virtual sessions provide an alternative way to participate.

If you have questions about the proposals or need any support to take part in the consultation, you can contact us: preventionframework@kent.gov.uk or 03000 417421.

Next steps

Following the end of this consultation, responses will be evaluated, and a consultation report will be produced. The report will be published on this webpage. The report, along with an Equality Impact Assessment, is expected to be presented at the Adult Social Care Cabinet Committee in September 2025. Consultation responses will be considered before any decisions are taken. Details of any decisions will also be published on this webpage.

Following engagement and early co-production with the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector, our workforce, partners and workshops with Kent residents throughout September 2024 - March 2025, we are now running a public consultation on our newly proposed Adult Social Care Prevention Framework. We invite you to review our proposals and share your views.

Kent County Council has a statutory duty under The Care Act (2014) to prevent, reduce and delay the development of needs for care and support by promoting individual wellbeing and ensuring that people can live as independently as possible. We will make the best use of data and research-led practices, early interventions and partnership working.

The Department of Health and Social Care (2018) defines prevention as: “Prevention is about helping people stay healthy, happy and independent for as long as possible. This means reducing the chances of problems from arising in the first place and, when they do, supporting people to manage them as effectively as possible.”

The Framework sets out our ambition to help more people in Kent to live fulfilled, healthy and independent lives now and in the future.

Our ambition

By 2035, adult social care in Kent will have fundamentally shifted towards a strategic, operational and financial model that prioritises prevention, early intervention and delay of escalating care needs. We will make the best use of data and research-led practices, early interventions and partnership working.

The Adult Social Care Prevention Framework will be supported by a detailed delivery plan that will be monitored regularly.

Have your say

You can tell us your views by completing our consultation questionnaire. There is also an Easy Read version of the questionnaire which is available from the 'Documents' section on this page.

If you cannot complete the online questionnaire, a Word version is available to download from this webpage which you can complete and return either by email or post.

We're holding both virtual and in-person engagement sessions across Kent in June and July, and we encourage you to attend to ask questions and share your feedback. You can find details of these open sessions in the 'Engagement Sessions' section on this page.

We are also running sessions within existing community groups in partnership with the voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations across the county, as such some of these are closed sessions and only available to those already attending those groups. We have therefore not included these sessions in our ‘Engagement Sessions’ section. However, our advertised open sessions are available for drop-ins. For those unable to attend any of the in-person or open sessions, our virtual sessions provide an alternative way to participate.

If you have questions about the proposals or need any support to take part in the consultation, you can contact us: preventionframework@kent.gov.uk or 03000 417421.

Next steps

Following the end of this consultation, responses will be evaluated, and a consultation report will be produced. The report will be published on this webpage. The report, along with an Equality Impact Assessment, is expected to be presented at the Adult Social Care Cabinet Committee in September 2025. Consultation responses will be considered before any decisions are taken. Details of any decisions will also be published on this webpage.

  • Have your say!

    We would like to hear your views on our proposed Adult Social Care Prevention Framework and have provided this questionnaire for you to give your feedback. 

    We recommend you read the draft Framework before responding to this questionnaire.

    You can answer all or as many of the questions as you like. If you would rather not provide feedback on a section or question, just move on to the next one.

    In line with other local authorities and government departments, we ask people to register to take part in some activities. We do this to protect the integrity of our consultations from individuals and groups who may attempt to unduly influence the outcomes of the consultation process and to give people the opportunity to choose to be kept informed. 

    As with all our consultations a Word version of the questionnaire is available from the consultation webpage for people who would prefer not to complete the online version.


    Complete questionnaire