Cabinet to consider consultation on council-run adult social care services

02 June 2026

West Northamptonshire Council’s Cabinet will next week consider plans to seek people’s views on adult social care services including some day centres and care homes. 

The report, which will be discussed by Cabinet members next week (Tuesday 9 June), seeks approval to consult residents, service users and staff to help shape the future of a number of council-run adult services. These include Obelisk House and Southfields long-term care homes, Eleanor Lodge supported living service, WNC’s home care service, and day services located at Gladstone Road, Olympus House, Towcester Forum, Daventry’s Longlands and the Cottages. 

With changing and growing demand for adult social care, coupled with more complex needs and a stronger focus on personalised, community-based support, these services need reviewing by the Council to ensure people continue to receive safe, high-quality care in settings that meet modern standards and people’s needs. 

Proposals for a 12-week public consultation beginning later in June would enable people to share what matters most to them and what works well about these services. 

As part of the review, the Council also wants to understand whether the current service models and the buildings they operate from are fit for purpose and support people in the best possible way. 

A range of potential ideas would be explored during the consultation, including how services could be improved or developed further and how buildings and facilities support the delivery of care. Any feedback received would be carefully reviewed and reported back to Cabinet at a later date. 

Our in-house adult social care services play an important role across West Northamptonshire, and we are committed to making sure they continue to provide the best possible care in environments that meet people’s needs.
This is an early stage in the process, where no decisions have been made on the future of these services and can only be done so once we have sought people’s views. That’s why these plans to consult are so important and would enable us to hear directly from people who use these services, their families, carers and staff, so we can listen and learn.Councillor Laura Couse, Cabinet Member for Adult Care and Public Health

Further details, including how people can share their views, will be made available if Cabinet agrees to proceed with the consultation.