A trusted approach

Trusted assessor schemes are a national initiative designed to reduce delays when people are ready for discharge from hospital. Ellie Robinson looks at how...

CM meets… Gavin Bashar

With more than 27 years’ experience in healthcare, the UK and Ireland managing director of Tunstall Healthcare has been in the post for just...

InProgress: CHD; Barchester and HC-One

CHD Living to open residential home Care group CHD Living is due to open the first phase of its latest residential facility. Nine of the 25...

Four Seasons to hand over 57 care homes

Four Seasons Health Care has agreed to hand over a total of 57 leasehold homes to four new operators as part of its ongoing...

Deal-breaking contract clauses

Colin Angel examines how councils are looking at new ways to deliver services Examples of local authority contracts which are likely to present ‘deal-breakers’ for homecare...

All change for more of the same

Professor Green argues that politicians are making promises but lacking detail   The arrival of a new government will do little to change the position of social...

Resurgence of public sector unrealistic

LaingBuisson argues that councils could re-enter the market. Deven Pamben offers a summary of the latest report about care homes for older people   The UK...

Challenging the status quo

Workforce issues were the central theme at Care England’s annual conference. Deven Pamben provides insight to what was covered    Andrea Sutcliffe has vowed to fly...

Cross-party agreement on social care doubtful, says Laing

Cross-party agreement on the future of social care is unlikely, LaingBuisson founder William Laing has told BBC Radio 4. At the weekend Prime Minister Boris...

Social care vacancies rise by 43%, research shows

Demand for social care staff in Scotland is growing as job vacancies in the sector rose by 43% in the past year. Research from careers...