IPPR report highlights workforce issues

The entire early years workforce should be qualified to at least NVQ level 3 in order to combat problems caused by low pay and...

Sharing event highlights integrated working progress

With integrated working regarded as central to the government’s Every Child Matters (ECM) programme, the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) has been charged with...

CORPORATE MANSLAUGHTER – Are you aware of the Act?

After much contentious parliamentary debate, the Corporate Manslaughter (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) and Corporate Homicide (Scotland) Bill received Royal Assent on 26 July...

Homecare operators and staffing risks

This month’s story of carers at a Devonshire domiciliary agency filing fake reports of visits to a council supported service user (see this issue...

After all this time, when will it be extra care’s moment to shine?

The government will continue to support extra care housing for the elderly with another £80m of funding up for grabs later this month under...

‘Bonfire of the regulators’ a mistake, current guardians claim

The three healthcare watchdogs set to merge under the auspices of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) next year have all but called for the...

Residential care buffers acute disappointment at Care UK

Listed health and social care provider Care UK has reported another set of strong year-end results to 30 september 2007, with turnover up 38%...

Specialist care sector under increased pressure but outsourcing set to continue

Independent sector providers of mental health and other specialist care services, which had expanded rapidly on the wave of health and care spending during...

Ministers send positive signals as Darzi unveils primary care initiative

Indications that the government is poised to open up a market in primary care emerged last month after ministers announced a wave of new...

CSR sets scene for social care Green Paper

After a tense year for local authorities awaiting the worst from the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), a collective sigh of relief came last...