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CareLineLive has announced its acquisition of the business behind CareForIT and Ulysses (UDMS). CareLineLive was advised by Polestar Corporate Finance (Richard Hall) and CMS (John Finnemore). Financing for the transaction was provided from a recent successful investment round with Oakglen. … Read More

It’s widely expected that when the Social Care Bill becomes law the CQC will resume responsibility for inspecting local authority adult social care provision. Depending on how you look at it, this could either be a sensible way to ensure … Read More

Keeping up with proposed changes in the adult social care system can be bewildering. The consensus in the sector, however, is that we’re a long way from the promised ‘once and for all fix.’  However, there are steps that commissioners … Read More

One estimate puts the number of care workers affected by the ‘no jab, no job’ policy at 38,000. There’s no getting around the fact that this is already resulting in care providers being unable to deliver many care packages. Handing … Read More

Nobody could seriously argue that social care is anything other than massively undervalued in this country (except perhaps by those who use the sector?). The social care sector saves the NHS billions of pounds every year and it delivers support … Read More

The CEO of the CQC recently called for a system-wide response to mitigate a ‘tsunami of unmet need’ this winter. The comments came on the back of the CQC publishing the latest State of Care Report. The backdrop to the … Read More

The government is promising the most far-reaching review of health and social care management in England for 40 years. The review will be led by former Vice Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir Gordon Messenger, who will report back … Read More

The pandemic has inflated NHS waiting lists to almost unprecedented levels. At a time like this it’s essential that every possible bed is available to help clear the backlog. Hospitals also need spare capacity to allow for the usual winter … Read More

This winter threatens to be exceptionally tough for adult social care. ‘Perfect storm’ may be a bit of a cliché but it’s hard to know what else to call it. A highly competitive jobs market means that many care workers … Read More

If the Government expected a rapturous reception to the proposed social care reforms, they were probably disappointed. The reality for many in the sector is that there are still so many unanswered questions – particularly when it comes to funding. … Read More