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Fairer Fees – what can the backing of a Blair do for the care...
The Fairer Fee Forum (FFF), a body made up of independent care providers, has launched an initiative to attain the ‘true cost of care’...
New developments – June 2010
Healthcare Homes has begun construction of a 62-bed convalescent, respite and dementia care facility in Wolverhampton.
Prestwood Care Home is scheduled to open in spring...
A council’s jounry of renogotiations
Iain MacBeath from Hertfordshire county council explores renegotiating care package fees and increasing efficienciesNot only are we currently faced with the most challenging financial...
Legally speaking – The new Vetting and Barring Scheme and POVE, the new landscape
New legislation is only making the task of reporting and investigating incidents in care homes more muddled and muddied.Reporting of Protection of Vulnerable Adult...
Residential care in Europe
This month Laing & Buisson has proudly launched a new monthly business intelligence publication in an exciting partnership with the European healthcare analyst Healthcare...
Legally Speaking – The Equality Bill and the care sector
At the time of writing, the Equality Bill is about to enter its final leg of House of Lords debates.
The looming general election means...
Legally speaking – the Personal Care at Home Bill
With the government’s latest attempt to tackle the ageing population sitting in the pre-election tabloid headlines, Eversheds’ legal expertise breaks down exactly what’s on...
Can the current homecare pattern continue?
For the 16th year running the volume of homecare funded by English local authorities increased, at its recent rate of 5-6% per annum.
But can...
Changing attitudes to antipsychotics – Barchester drugs case study
The Care Service Minister Phil Hope proposed an action plan towards the end of 2009 to reduce the use of anti-psychotic drugs in dementia...
Legally speaking – what does 2010 hold?
The experts at Eversheds take a look into their crystal ballEvery year over 100,000 people die in care homes in the UK.
This figure accounts...
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