Devon considers ‘commissioner only’ role

Devon county council is now considering closing most of its remaining directly-run care homes and becoming solely a commissioner of care from the independent sector. Currently the local authority contracts 85% of its care home places from the private sector, paying on average £504 a week for residential care in private care homes in 2012/13,…

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