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Iain MacBeath

Articles by Iain MacBeath

Welcome to 'the Age of Intermediate Care'

By Ralph Cook | 29 April 2021

An additional £1.3bn in COVID emergency funding last March ‘jump-started’ Intermediate Care, say ...

Short-termism can be expensive

By Iain MacBeath | 04 November 2020

COVID-19 has laid bare the numerous challenges faced by adult social care. Iain MacBeath, NCASC 2...

A perfect storm for care homes

By Iain MacBeath | 14 September 2020

Councils must now strategically invest in services to help people stay in their own homes and neg...

COVID-19: Hertfordshire's support for care sector provides confidence for the future

By Iain MacBeath | 03 April 2020

Iain MacBeath explains how Hertfordshire CC has stepped in to offer certainty and support to the ...

Securing the foundations for change

By Iain MacBeath | 11 December 2019

A five-year jointly-commissioned mental health and learning disability contract worth well over £...

Providing a clear picture of care

By Iain MacBeath | 01 October 2019

By bringing financial and care quality data together to be accessed in one place in real-time, 11...

United in the social care challenge

By Iain MacBeath | 21 September 2016

Working more closely with the voluntary and community sector could offer councils a new way to ta...

Making a case for the precept

By Iain MacBeath | 11 May 2016

Iain MacBeath explains Hertfordshire CC’s decision to deploy a 2% social care precept amid mounti...

Getting to the Hert of health care

By Iain MacBeath | 08 March 2016

Iain MacBeath explains Hertfordshire’s innovative collaboration with the NHS and how the Better C...

Winning hearts and minds in Herts

By Iain MacBeath | 19 February 2013

Demographic pressures are adding £10m a year to Hertfordshire CC's annual adult social care bill....