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• Trouble at Southern Cross

  Both The Times and The Guardian reported that Southern Cross Healthcare Group have been launched into some kind of financial crisis following the failure to repay a loan of some £46 million. Times are getting harder and a lot of firms are failing - but... Posted Jul 02 2008, 02:43 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: residential care, social care, social work, social issues, older people, work, old age, elderly, long-term care, uk, housing, health, care home, csci, Southern Cross, Southern Cross Healthcare Group, nursing home

• Walk away

  Yesterday I was called to an ‘emergency’. Well, as I don’t operate strictly in a crisis setting, it was more to act as a gatekeeper to the ‘real’ emergency services. In essence, did Mr A need to come into hospital? It wasn’t... Posted May 30 2008, 05:40 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: social issues, work, mental health, local authority, housing, hostel, homelessness

• A decent place to live

  I seem to have had something of a ‘home’ themed week in one way or the other, so thought I’d round it off with a few thoughts about more general housing. In one of the previous teams I worked in, we had a basic line that a lot of the... Posted May 17 2008, 06:51 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: social care, social issues, work, local authority, social policy, housing stock, right to buy, uk, poor housing, housing, social housing, social justice