A growing risk
Cyber Resilience Centre for Wales director, detective superintendent Paul Peters, discusses the Welsh social care sector, highlighting cyber security risks the industry faces, and...
Facilitating growth
Improving safeguarding can help clear the path to growth. Following a survey of the special educational needs safeguarding sector, Dr Michelle Tempest, senior partner,...
On the backburner
Care home fees have rocketed up over the past two years, research from LaingBuisson has revealed. Deven Pamben attended the launch event of its...
Meeting the gap
Freddie Evans, associate, and Tom Atherton, senior analyst, both at Mansfield Advisors, examine the children’s services market and the opportunities it presents for investors
Outcomes...
Race to the bottom
The sector finds itself in a bind with no obvious answers how struggles will be resolved. Deven Pamben attended a roundtable event to listen...
Breaking down barriers
There are many ways the sector can innovate but barriers remain and confusion persists. Deven Pamben reports from LaingBuisson’s Innovation in Care conference, which...
Leveraging technologies
Dr Kristoffer Kenttä, engagement manager, and Dr Leonid Shapiro, managing partner, both at Candesic, and Tony Thiru, chief executive at Fulcrum Care Consulting, review...
Fears care providers in Scotland are ‘descending into crisis’
Care representative bodies, operators and academics met virtually to discuss the state of the sector. Deven Pamben provides the detail
Independent care operators in Scotland...
Paying the price
The number of modern slavery cases and potential victims in the care sector is on increase. Deven Pamben takes a closer look at the...
Transforming the negotiating position
Reliable data remains the best route to getting a fair price for care. LaingBuisson founder and executive chair William Laing explains
As councils prepare their...