Where to invest
Stakeholders in the sector give CM their personal views on the key areas to concentrate on in the coming year
Philip Baylis, head of later...
Offshore caring
Sarah Whitebloom looks at the difficulties in finding out exactly who owns who in UK care
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who guards the guards? Depending...
Charging after death
Following publication of the findings from it’s inquiry into UK care homes at the end of last year, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)...
Broadly positive outlook for complex care
Despite continued austerity spending, prospects for adult specialist care operators are 'broadly positive', according to LaingBuisson’s latest analysis of this market. Eleanore Robinson reports
Prospects...
General Medical Services to Patients in psychiatric hospitals
Registering patients with GPs is increasingly becoming a problem for mental
health hospitals. Andrew Parsons, partner at RadcliffesLeBrasseur investigates
Many independent mental health hospitals registered with...
CM meets… Andrea Sutcliffe
The Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care talks about what good quality looks like and can providers improve in the current climate
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Keeping the workers happy
When the balance of supply and demand becomes out of kilter, recruiting a care home manager can be difficult. Director of LaingBuisson Search James...
Getting the best manager for the job
In an increasingly pressurised market, one constant of care home provision is the need to have in place a good manager. Emma Dent reports.
As...
Quality Vs Costs: Is it possible to provide good quality homecare in the face...
Max Wurr, director of policy and communications, City & County Healthcare Group
Barely a week passes without new warnings about the state of social care...
The new normal
Legal changes to enforcement powers to ensure care services are safe are reviewed by Sean Elson, partner in Pinsent Mason's healthcare regulation team:
Although the...