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Driving value
Councils are continually searching for ways to cut costs. This repeated focus on cost has resulted in a cycle of short-term, unsustainable measures. Chetan...
Strategic path
Chetan Trivedi, partner, and Jamie Halstead, analyst, both of Curzon Consulting, explore the potential of a group purchasing organisation service in the UK care...
Investing in the Dementia Age
Dementia is the UK’s number one killer and the greatest but most under-estimated health and care issue of our time. Responding to its challenges...
Government’s housing plans offer IRC sector opportunities
ARCO delegates told social care is a ‘mid-level priority’ for government, whereas older people’s housing will play an important role in its reform agenda....
Healthier margins
Homecare providers are diversifying as they look for opportunities to grow business. This was one of the areas for discussion at LaingBuisson’s Social Care...
Kilgour expresses regret over PE involvement in Four Seasons
Robert Kilgour has expressed regret for turning to private equity when he was looking to grow Four Seasons Health Care in the late-1980s.
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Modest gains
LaingBuisson analysis shows profitability among homecare providers is trending upwards but still down on the period before the financial global crisis. Deven Pamben takes...
Exploitation in care
Unseen’s modern slavery and exploitation helpline saw a record number of calls in 2023, marking a rise for the fourth consecutive year. This coincides...
No longer a last resort
Investors predict a tough year ahead with things expected to pick up late this year and into 2025. However, that has not stopped care...
Keeping on top of quality and compliance
Neil Murray, director of quality and compliance at Bluebird Care, shares his insights into how providers can maintain excellence and oversight in between external...
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