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Deprivation of Liberty
Partner and national head of public law and human rights Yogi Amin and trainee solicitor Elizabeth Passey-Heaton, of Irwin Mitchell, discuss a recent ruling...
Barchester closes in on care home deal
Barchester Healthcare is close to buying more than 20 care homes from private equity firm Terra Firma.
A source confirmed to CM the deal should...
City & County buys The Human Support Group
City & County has bought homecare services specialist The Human Support Group (HSG) for an undisclosed sum.
Established in 1998, Manchester-headquartered HSG provides domiciliary care,...
Dementia care costs to treble over next two decades
The cost of social care for people with dementia will nearly treble over the next 20 years, research has revealed.
While the number of people...
Lifeways Group implements 20/20 strategy
Lifeways Group is implementing a performance improvement programme to transform the way it provides services.
The group has gone through ‘significant transformation’ as part of...
Navigating market dynamics
Jonathan Sparey and Eilert Hinrichs, partners at L.E.K. Consulting, explain why the private sector is critical to meeting the growing demand for looked after...
Contact time
There are calls for changes to the amount of contact time children in care should have with birth parents who have abused them. Alistair...
Charity calls for £8bn to stabilise social care services
The next government must invest £8bn over the next 24 months to stabilise exiting social care services, a charity has warned.
Age UK said emergency...
Think tank calls for ‘bold reform’ agenda to help tackle social care ‘crisis’
A package of interventions covering funding, workforce and ethical commissioning has been proposed to help reform adult social care.
A report published by the Institute...
CM meets… David Leatherbarrow
Delivering quality outcomes has been central to the work of the National Fostering Agency Group’s chief executive. After lengthy experience in the dental sector...
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