It's time to reflect, and work together with those purchasing and providing services to develop policies and deliver change With all residents from Southern Cross care homes now receiving care from new providers, it is a good time to reflect on the social care market – where it has come from and where it is going. Unlike other public services, a market has operated for many years in social care. This has been driven by a range of factors – both from government and from individuals and carers. In residential care, we saw a large expansion in private care home provision in the 1980s, and then...
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