Could Inheritance tax funded long term care be the solution?

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In the three months since 2011 began, the Strategic Society Centre (SSC) has maintained a tight track record of pumping out one in depth...

Sector Opinions – What impact could the SEN Green Paper have on providers working...

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The government last month published its long awaited Green Paper into the direction that specialist educational services (SEN) for children could take in this...

Care in the Courts

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A number of recent court cases have brought into sharp focus the conflict zone that social care is turning into.Take last month’s news that...

CCMN Business Case – Housing 21

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If the sums don't work, walkawaySocial care is entering yet another critical period. Extreme budget pressures, the impending Dilnot Commission, ongoing legal actions against local...

Legally Speaking – Local Authority fees: down and out?

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There are an increasing number of Judicial Reviews (JRs) that are being launched by care providers against those local authorities who have sought to...

Building the Big Society online – social care and social networking case study

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Amanda Burgess, media consultant for social care business CPEA (http://www.cpea.co.uk/) and successful user of social media, lays out some of the basic rules of...

Could DH exit sound the death knell for extra care?

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Creative thinking is required if extra care providers want to survive the double whammy of the massive local authority spending cuts being rolled out...

Legally Speaking – the care inplications of the Health and Social Care Bill

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It is not that long since the Health and Social Care Act 2008 introduced significant measures to integrate health and social care bodies. However, it...

New developments March 2011

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Social landlord Housing 21 has opened a new £7.1m extra care scheme in Sunderland. The 48-two-bedroom unit Bramble Hollow development in Hetton-Le-Hole was part funded...

Could care homes save the NHS?

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With a backdrop of the NHS being officially branded as failing to meet the most basic needs of elderly patients, and warnings that there...
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