Report reveals divided childcare nation
A major new report published by national childcare charity Daycare Trust has revealed a country divided in its ability to access high quality childcare,...
Care providers set to face human rights obligations in new standards?
A parliamentary report into the human rights of older people receiving health services may have dealt a serious blow to the public image of...
Telecare providers must drive uptake
If technological methods for supporting vulnerable people are to build greater acceptance in the healthcare sector, providers must take a more proactive stance and...
Personalised social care budgets a precursor of national policy?
Individual budgets, such as those being piloted by 13 local authorities across England for social care, could be implemented as a means of funding...
Neighbourhood nurseries failing to make significant impact on parent’s lives
Only one in ten of work-ready parents in disadvantaged areas used settings created under the Neighbourhood Nursery Initiative (NNI), according to a new study...
Demand for nursery places plateaus as capacity climbs
Demand for childcare places is levelling off and key market drivers are having less impact leading to a slow down in market growth, according...
What future for the POVA list?
After almost two and a half years as the sector’s main tool to cleanse its workforce of abusive carers, the Protection of Vulnerable Adults...
Ageing population will boost care demands over next decade
Despite a decrease in the demand for residential care places for elderly and physically disabled people during the year to April 2006 the sector...
Legal Eye – The Work and Families Act 2006
Many of the rights contained in the Work and Families Act 2006 take effect from 1 April 2007. Anticipating the advent of the Act,...
Legal Eye: Fixed-term contracts and permanent employees
Under the Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002 care providers with staff on fixed-term contracts must ensure that they treat...
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