The expert’s view
Childcare expert and former DfES advisor Wendy Scott talks exclusively to NCMNTell us a little about yourself, and your history in the childcare sector.
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Could the crunch cause the crumble of social care as we know it?
According to a smattering of leading sector voices (the Greek chorus of social care perhaps?) the current economic downturn could see the beginning a...
PMLD – a view from the frontline
With community-cased facilities for people with learning disabilities stepping up the government's personalisation agenda, how are these changed being received at an average council-run...
Older people fail to bond with individual budgets
Individual budgets successfully give people more choice, flexibility and control over their personal care, according to an evaluation report launched by the newly appointed...
Early years professional – a teacher by any other name?
Rarely has government policy polarised expert opinion within the early years’ sector quite in the manner achieved by the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)....
EYFS launch celebrated
With vociferous opposition having plagued the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) throughout the run up to its implementation on September 1, a casual observer...
A Fair Care Price For All
Robert Potter looks at the latest residential care pricing tool and analysis from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation?and Laing & Buisson head William LaingDefining appropriate...
Workplace wellness – the great divide
The contentious topic of the worth of workplace wellness prompted a polarity of opinions amongst panel members and lively debate at large, during Laing...
Only one in five would chose formal elderly care
A study published by a ‘positive aging consultancy’ has revealed that almost two thirds of people over the age of 40 want to live...
Boys will be boys: Reigniting the gender debate
Over the past two decades reception class teachers nationwide have been expressing grave concerns over the on-going decline in young children’s attention, concentration, social...
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