Whistling in the dark – the personal price of raising the alarm
It has been said of social care that the sector has a long and nobel tradition of speaking out against poor practice and abuse...
2010: the year CQC makes contact…on its own terms
Next year is set to be a riotously busy one for the now headless CQC.
Louise Crook, solicitor at law firm Rickerbys LLP takes a...
2010 – Care odyssey or care oddity?
As the sector approaches the beginning of another decade, will the tidal wave of consultations, government initiatives, and heady hopes for personalisation prevail or...
2010: the year CQC makes contact…on its own terms
Next year is set to be a riotously busy one for the now headless CQC.
Louise Crook, solicitor at law firm Rickerbys LLP takes a...
2010 – Care odyssey or care oddity?
As the sector approaches the beginning of another decade, will the tidal wave of consultations, government initiatives, and heady hopes for personalisation prevail or...
Whistling in the dark – the personal price of raising the alarm
It has been said of social care that the sector has a long and nobel tradition of speaking out against poor practice and abuse...
Legally speaking – The Vetting and Barring Scheme: a providers’ know how
As 2009 comes to a close many community care employers will have to re-think their recruitment practices again because of the introduction, from 12...
Righteous Indignation – a view from the other side
In the wake of a long line of court appearances attacking local authorities for tendering out residential care services to the independent sector, campaigning...
Case study – Fitness with care
‘Fitness With Care’, a new initiative set up by leading care home provider Barchester Healthcare in association with Help The Aged, is designed to...
Elderly care gets top billing at party conferences, but at what cost?
After this summer’s publication of a highly anticipated Green Paper which many felt held little in the way of surprises, this year’s party political...
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