You can get it if you really want it – Care Brokerage: what’s happening?
The development of care brokerage has ebbed and flowed somewhat since former sector regulators the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) first put a...
Seeing double – duplicate inspections
The long-standing problem of local authorities setting up their own care inspection teams which appreantly repeat the work of the national sector watchdog could...
While the big fish flounder, the small fry fly
With the long term care sectors’ largest groups otherwise engaged, the door has reopened for smaller operators to get back into growing their businesses,...
A green light for change?
This month saw publication of the long awaited Green Paper on adult social care funding, Robert Potter asks whether the government’s suggestions were worth...
Legally speaking – Community Infrastructure Levy: another blow for retirement housing?
Despite many calls to address the planning issues that face classification of retirement housing, developers are still none the wiser as to just what...
Case study – Microsoft’s office for the elders
Global software giant Microsoft is gearing up to enter into the healthcare market in a big way with the expansion of an existing e-services...
Celebrating quality
Nursery managers and owners sometimes feel like they can’t win.
Only recently some media headlines claimed nurseries were not offering nutritious menus, feeding children fizzy...
Getting along with the InLAWS
Partnerships and joined-up thinking have long been terms bandied around in the health and social care sectors - but could a new effort to...
Legally speaking – VAT on temporary workers
A year after the government first announced its intentions to remove tax concessions on teh use of temporary staffing (CCMN April 2008), last month...
Health and Social Care: a united front at last?
Robert Potter takes a look at the latest attempt to present joined up careThe government has taken a further step towards its goal of...
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