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WHITEHALL

Sector calls for action over care home purchasing plan

By Paul Marinko | 30 January 2023

Local government has called for action so a £200m initiative to address hospital bed blocking avo...

HEALTH

Discharge fund 'destabilised' care market

By Martin Ford | 26 January 2023

A Whitehall mandarin has heard of the fallout from emergency measures aimed at easing hospital be...

HEALTH

Making the case for leisure centres

By Cllr Sir Stephen Houghton | 25 January 2023

Joining the dots between funding cuts and the impact on life expectancy has not been hard, says C...

HUMAN RESOURCES

View from the Hill

By Greg Hayes | 25 January 2023

We should recognise the New Zealand Prime Minister's example of burnout as our own call for socia...

HEALTH

The £250m for winter pressures will not alleviate the underlying cause

By Rob Whiteman | 25 January 2023

A longer-term strategic style of service delivery must emerge as a platform for reform of health ...

WHITEHALL

Church calls for restoration of social care funding

By Paul Marinko | 24 January 2023

The Church of England has laid out a central role for councils as it called for a national covena...

PAY

Time for a social care system refresh

By Paul Marinko | 18 January 2023

Social care is beset by a perfect storm of problems. What needs to change, and are there any chin...

HEALTH

Investment in training pays dividends

By Andy Hart | 17 January 2023

Andy Hart looks at why developing the next generation of health, housing and social care professi...

HEALTH

Taking down the barriers

By Ludovico Nocco | 17 January 2023

Hertfordshire CC has put together practical and evidence-based behavioural science recommendation...

HEALTH

Government care home plan could create more problems, councils fear

By Paul Marinko | 09 January 2023

Councils fear the Government’s plans to buy up care home places to help with hospital discharges ...

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