ADASS, TSA and The Access Group: Innovating Social Care with TEC
Purpose and Objectives
Launched at the ADASS Spring Seminar 2025, the Commission aims to address challenges in adult social care, such as:
- Enabling people to stay in their own homes for longer
- Unlocking benefits with insight-led models
- Aligning with governmental visions for prevention and technological integration in health and social care
How TEC Unlocks the Power of Proactive Care
The blueprint outlines five key building blocks of proactive care—areas where The Access Group’s digital social care solutions are already making an impact:
- Understanding Local Priorities
Real-time data helps services anticipate, not just react. Our technology care tools enable organisations to identify risk earlier and make smarter decisions. - Insight-led Social Care Practice
Embedding Proactive & Preventative TEC into Social Care Practice is essential. Through technology enabled care we help create flexible, personalised pathways tailored to local need. - Supporting the Workforce
Professionals need technology that works for them. Our technology enabled solutions reduce administrative burden and enhance decision-making—freeing teams to focus on what matters most: people. - Embedding TEC Strategically
TEC must be integral, not an afterthought. Our integrated platforms support long-term strategy by aligning digital tools with measurable outcomes. - Measuring impact and outcomes in the locality
Services need to know what’s working. Our insights and reporting tools support continuous improvement through robust, data-led evaluation.
TEC in Action: Benefits of Proactive Care
For individuals, proactive TEC means greater independence, safety, and dignity. For professionals, it improves workflows and enables early intervention. And for local authorities, it delivers better outcomes with smarter use of resources—building a more resilient, preventative care system.
- Improved overall physical and mental health outcomes
- Helps prevent the need for more intensive and costly healthcare services, such as emergency room visits or hospital stays, by addressing issues earlier or managing conditions more effectively
- Offers a more holistic approach leading to a more comprehensive and person-centred experience
Our Commitment to Smarter Social Care
At The Access Group, we believe in technology with purpose. We’re not just digitising processes—we’re reimagining care delivery. By working with ADASS, TEC Services Association (TSA) and forward-thinking councils, we’re helping bring this vision of proactive care to life.
Based on the three key government priorities in his evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee (HSCC), Mr Streeting set out three strategic priorities. Here is how ADASS and TSA, through their joint blueprint, are directly aligning and enabling progress in these areas:
1. Moving Care from Hospital to Community
Government Priority:
Reduce pressure on hospitals by delivering more care in community settings and supporting people to live independently at home for longer.
ADASS-TSA Alignment:
The ADASS-TSA blueprint offers a structured framework to shift the centre of gravity of care away from acute settings and into people’s homes and communities. Through the deployment of Technology Enabled Care (TEC), such as activities of Daily Living sensors, wearable GPS, AI-powered alerts & apps for family/carers, local authorities can support:
- Early intervention and management of conditions before they escalate
- Enhanced care at home for people with long-term conditions
- Reduced hospital admissions and quicker discharges
2. Shifting from Sickness to Prevention
Government Priority:
Adopt a proactive model of health and social care that prevents deterioration and promotes long-term wellbeing.
ADASS-TSA Alignment:
The blueprint focuses on embedding proactive and preventative TEC into the fabric of adult social care. Rather than waiting for a crisis, these technologies enable early warning, continuous monitoring, and timely intervention — especially for people who may otherwise slip through the cracks.
It helps councils:
- Identify those at risk of falls, loneliness, or health decline
- Deliver early support, often before traditional services would intervene
- Reduce dependency on costly crisis responses
3. Transitioning from Analogue to Digital
Government Priority:
Modernise care through the digital transformation of services, replacing outdated analogue systems with scalable, smart technologies.
ADASS-TSA Alignment:
The blueprint directly addresses the analogue to digital switchover, offering local authorities practical guidance on:
- Evaluating and procuring digital-ready TEC solutions
- Ensuring interoperability with wider health and care IT systems
- Training workforces and informing the public about digital capabilities and benefits
It also provides financial modelling tools to support investment decisions and show return on digital transformation, helping directors overcome one of the major barriers to scale.
A Blueprint for Proactive, Personalised Support
The joint blueprint from ADASS and TSA sets out a bold vision: moving from reactive to proactive care through the effective use of technology-enabled care (TEC). This isn’t about replacing people with technology—it’s about empowering care professionals to achieve better outcomes using the right digital tools.
Developed with input from individuals with lived experience, social workers, occupational therapists, local authority TEC commissioners, TEC suppliers, and directors of adult social services, the blueprint reflects a diverse range of insights and expertise.
For local authorities and care providers, it signals a shift from crisis response to early intervention and prevention—helping people stay safe, independent, and well in their own homes for longer.
Discover how to implement effective, person-centred digital care by accessing the TEC ADASS & TSA Commission Blueprint Digital Pack. - Access the Blueprint Digital Pack
Access Technology Enabled Care (TEC) transforms care through combining traditional reactive alarm functionality with proactive digital insights of daily living activities, to support personalised, proactive and preventative care both in and out of the home. Using our suite of solutions, we put the individual at the heart of their care journey, offering a truly participatory, joined-up approach to quality care with open APIs, which enable 3rd party alarm integration.
Let’s make Proactive & Preventative TEC the norm, not the exception—a care system that’s proactive, not reactive; connected, not fragmented; and always centred on people.
Ready to take the next step with TEC?
Get in touch with The Access Group today to discover how we can support your journey toward proactive, tech-enabled care.
