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Hempsons Social Care Newsbrief Autumn/Winter 2018

Welcome to the latest edition of our Social Care Newsbrief, a round-up of some of the hot topics in the sector. Read the full newsletter here. Amidst the saturation of news of extreme politics on left and right, and of course Brexit, the voice of social care still… Read More

Sleep-ins – what’s next?

The Court of Appeal’s judgment in the Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake is not yet the final word on sleep-ins. The saga of sleep-ins has now been long-standing and continuing for a number of years. In the social and health care sectors traditionally, staff have been paid a set allowance… Read More

The Independent Care Group

Social care providers can often struggle to have a unified voice with dozens of homes and domiciliary care organisations dealing with the same commissioners and facing the same challenges – but rarely speaking out in unison… But in York and North Yorkshire a powerful representative organisation has ensured that social… Read More

Avoiding a war on two fronts

Every provider is familiar with the necessary interaction and inspection programme of the CQC. This article focusses on that relationship when another body is added into the mix, such as a placing authority. We are seeing an increasing number of cases in which We are seeing an increasing number of cases in… Read More