Baroness Casey will today say a report requested by her commission shows successive Governments have been ‘asleep at the wheel' on social care.
In a speech later, Baroness Casey will say the Nuffield Trust and the Institute for Government (IfG) report showed ‘no one is in charge' of social care.
She will say: ‘Successive governments have been asleep at the wheel. In research we're publishing today the lack of stewardship of social care comes through clearly.'
The report, which is part of a series on England's adult social care sector being published by the commission, showed social care sector had become dominated by private providers in a ‘largely uncontrolled and unintended way'.
Previous Nuffield Trust research has described the Care Quality Commission's role as being like a ‘spectator at the site of a car crash'.
Nuffield Trust deputy director of research and report co-author Natasha Curry said social care was ‘confused and complex', adding: ‘We need a clear vision on how to untangle the chaotic structure the sector has currently.'
IfG associate director Stuart Hoddinott said social care had ‘evolved haphazardly and with little clear planning'.
