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Why we need dialogue in Social Care

I attended a local care forum recently, made up of representatives from Local Authorities, Health, Independent Providers and University Academics. During the course of the day one of the academics remarked that the care sector was very unusual in that...

Published 26 Mar 2010 11:51 AM by TonyButcher

Filed under: Budget Cuts, Commissioning, Providers, Registration, Regulation, Social Care, Transforming Social Care
Beware the CQC Registration Scare Mongers

With any new system that is introduced there appears a range of organisations ready to leap onto the band-wagon and try to make a quick buck by using scare tactics to grab as much cash as they can. The new Care Quality Commission registration seems to...

Published 25 Mar 2010 10:36 AM by TonyButcher

Filed under: Care Quality Commission, CQC, Registration
Challenging the Political Parties to Produce a Social Care Manifesto

In terms of social care this could be the most important election choice ever so the Political Parties must set out their intentions for social care now On BBC South East (and probably on the other regional channels to) they are asking for people to contribute...

Published 4 Mar 2010 3:11 PM by TonyButcher