If you work in UK health and social care, you have lived through a long sequence of reform moments that did not become reform. The Dilnot Commission in 2011. The 2014 Care Act. The 2017 election pledge that became the “dementia tax.” The 2021 cap that was announced and quietly…

If you work in UK health and social care, the regulator you are answering to in April 2026 is not the same one you were answering to two years ago. The Care Quality Commission has spent the past 18 months in active reconstruction. Two independent reviews exposed serious operational failings.…

If you work in UK health and social care, you have heard the £4.6 billion figure by now. It is the headline the Department of Health and Social Care has attached to its 2026/27 to 2028/29 funding plan for adult social care, the centrepiece of a settlement that also includes…

The London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham has opened a £77,936,560 procurement for Community Reablement and Home Care Services for Adults, with a submission deadline of 22 May 2026 at 12:00 PM. The tender represents a strategic redesign of the borough’s previous home care model, shifting from time-and-task delivery to…

On 1 April 2026, the first wave of ICB mergers took effect. Twelve existing Integrated Care Boards were abolished and six new ones established in their place, with an additional boundary change on top. For independent sector providers bidding for NHS-funded contracts, the practical reality shifted overnight. The contact person…

There’s a folder on every Registered Manager’s drive called “Policies and Procedures.” It probably has fifty documents in it. Most were drafted by someone else, customised once when the service registered, and reviewed in passing every year since. The dates on the front pages are kept current. The content underneath…

For UK companies bidding regularly into the public sector, the question of whether to hire a bid writer or retain a bid writing consultancy comes up the moment tendering becomes a recurring activity. The decision is framed as a salary comparison: an in-house writer at, say, £45,000 looks cheaper than…