Close partnerships

Stuart Savidge, fund managing director at Henley, explains why a hands-on approach is needed UK adult social care services are severely undersupplied and there is...

Momentum for change

Scotland’s housing with care supply gap is stark, Andrew Fyfe explains If the UK has a vast shortage of housing with care, then Scotland in...

Aligning strategies

The benefits of getting social care right should not be underestimated, says Professor Green It was very clear during the pandemic just how professional the social...

Poor energy efficiency in care homes

Alex Devkota, research executive at LaingBuisson, discusses poor insulation and its cost to care homes In view of the energy crisis and rising interest rates,...

Inadequate fees

Providers are questioning whether they can continue. Mary Wimbury explains We are in the season of fee setting – or at least we ought to...

Behaving badly

Public bodies are not engaging professionally, argues Professor Green It is interesting how the public sector seems to think it deserves to be treated differently...

Nurturing ambition and celebrating success

With the health and social care sector continuing to face unprecedented staffing pressures, this International Women’s Day, Dormy Care Communities founder and chief executive...

Marking time

Tim Read, consultant and author provides his thoughts on the government’s Stable Homes, Built on Love document At 220 pages, three separate consultations, and at least...

A failed formula

Professor Green believes finding solutions is not that difficult The prime minister recently held a health forum, which concluded the way the NHS could...

Social care is not the spare child

It’s time for the sector to come out of the shadow, argues Dr Donald Macaskill As I write this, the media in all its formats...