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Latest on Southern Cross
Landlords and politicians are placing increasing pressure on the care home operator
Times 11th June and Financial Times 13th June 2011
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Southern Cross to surrender 132 homes
Southern Cross plans to surrender control of 132 care homes as part of a financial restructure aimed at saving the group.
Financial Times, 10th June 2011
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Advocacy - care providers need to play a bigger role
While the role of independent advocates in social care is being increasingly recognised, recent research suggests care providers could do more to facilitate their clients’ access to advocacy services
Caring Times, October 2010
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Prepare now for the new registration system
LINDA HUTCHINSON, director of registration for the Care Quality Commission, updates social care providers on what they need to do to prepare for registration under the Health and Social Care Act.
Caring Times, April 2010
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Do qualifications matter any more?
JEF SMITH explores the unexpected views on the social care workforce of JEFF JEROME, a man charged with transforming the way services are delivered
Caring Times, April 2010
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Avery Healthcare to double its portfolio by 2014
Having secured £40m in development funding from private equity firm Graphite Capital and the Royal Bank of Scotland, Avery Healthcare managing director JOHN STROWBRIDGE talks to Caring Times editor GEOFF HODGSON about the history of the company and his plans for future growth
Caring Times, February 2010
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Hard times ahead for grey expectations
The Care Quality Commission lacks ambition says BOB FERGUSON and this is putting those driving through improvements in the sector into reverse
Caring Times, February 2010
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Did Gerry fix it for you?
The broadcast in December of the BBC programme ‘Can Gerry Robinson Fix Dementia Care Homes?’ has provoked a lot of reaction from the care sector. In the programme, millionaire businessman Gerry Robinson visited a number of care homes that looked after people with dementia, and found differences in the levels of care.
Caring Times, February 2010
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Capital investment?
The Mayor’s Consultation Draft London Plan would effectively halt care home development in the capital and may have wider implications, says PETER DINES, planning partner at Gerald Eve with special interest in the care home sector
Caring Times, February 2010
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Now it's to be self-help the aged
By rejecting tax-based funding for elderly care the main political parties have torn up the blueprint for a 'cradle to grave' welfare state, says BOB FERGUSON
Caring Times, January 2010
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A chat with the champion
As part of the National Dementia Strategy, MARTIN GREEN, chief executive of the English Community Care Association (ECCA) has recently been appointed to the post of ‘Dementia Champion for the Independent Sector’, Caring Times editor GEOFF HODGSON asked Mr Green what he hoped to deliver in the role.
Caring Times, January 2010
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A question of priorities
By JOHN BURTON, E: johnb225@btinternet.com, www.standardsforpractice.co.uk
Caring Times, January 2010
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Why sell now?
By ANDREW SIDWELL, GVA Grimley
Caring Times, January 2010
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