Legally Speaking – Caught in the middle

Legal experts Eversheds look at the pressures on local government and providers to maintain services in the face of spending cuts and shrinking budgetsSocial...

Sector opinion – Can councils be trusted with care funding?

The news that under the Comprehensive Spending Review, the ringfencing of local authority funding will be removed sent shocks down the spines of some...

Lost in transition – adult social services and ‘transition’ case study

What is transition? Transition refers to the move from secondary school to further or higher education, employment or planning for adulthood. From the time when a...

OLM – efficiencies through computing case study

As recent budget announcements from the coalition government state that public sector departments are to have their budgets cut by up to 25%, many...

Social Care: what is to be done?

With the coalition government having set itself up as the force to tackle the country's current avalanche of woes, a number of minds are...

Has your registration been accepted by the Care Quality Commission?

with the CQC's major re-registration process scheduled to complete this month, solicitor Nadia Omar looks at what actions you'll need to take if the...

CCMN Sector opinions – Can personalisation survive amid local authority funding cuts?

Until this month’s Comprehensive Spending Review is out there and public, much of what has been said about the prospect of massive cuts in...

Legally Speaking – Crest of a wave? What R2R social enterprises do next

Legal experts Eversheds discuss the prospects for enterprising staff to set up shop on their own termsFollowing the successful completion of the first wave...

Commission on the Funding of Care & Support – what’s on your wish list?

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley last month named Andrew Dilnot as the chair of a commission tasked with investigating how this country can revolutionise the...

Managing change – Five Legal Hurdles

Care law specialists Trowers & Hamlins offer advice on change management for providers working in the LPD field as the NHS campus programme continues...