In September 2026, the BBC news presenter Maryam Moshiri went public with something she had been living with privately for nearly two years: a diagnosis of polycythaemia vera, a rare form of blood cancer. Speaking to the media, she described continuing to anchor live news through long days and major…

Growing older is something every one of us will experience, and, increasingly, something we’ll experience for longer. The UK’s population is ageing steadily: more people are living into their eighties, nineties, and beyond than at any point in history. That’s a profound achievement, and it brings with it one of…

If you provide unpaid care for a family member or friend, Carer’s Allowance can offer valuable financial recognition, but its rules on how much you can earn alongside it catch a lot of people out. And with important changes arriving in April 2026, it’s worth understanding exactly where you stand.…

For a domiciliary care provider, contracts are everything. A single local authority home care contract can be worth anywhere from £300,000 to more than £1 million a year, and a steady flow of them is what turns a small agency into a thriving, sustainable business. But winning that work is…

Social care reform is going through its most significant period of reform in over a decade, and for once, the changes are moving fast. In July 2026, the government set out a sweeping programme to overhaul the sector in England: the first-ever adult social care Fair Pay Agreement, an accelerated…

In August 2026, the UK Health Security Agency declared a national outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis. The figures are sobering: more than 200 confirmed cases, over a third of them requiring hospital care, two people developing serious bloodstream infections, and one death. Those affected ranged from babies to people in their…

Most care providers know their CQC rating inside out. Far fewer pay the same attention to a second score that can matter just as much to their business, and in some ways more, because it directly controls whether a local authority keeps placing people with you. It’s your PAMMS rating.…

If you’re caring for a loved one with serious health needs, and their care costs are mounting, you may have heard that the NHS can fund the full cost of that care through NHS Continuing Healthcare. Naturally, the first question is: what conditions qualify for continuing healthcare? It’s the right…

Every tender comes with a window in which you can ask the buyer questions. Most providers either ignore it entirely or use it only to sort out a technical hiccup with the portal. That’s a wasted advantage. The clarification process is one of the few opportunities in a tightly controlled…

Two providers bid for the same domiciliary care contract. Both write excellent responses. Both are experienced, compliant, and capable. One wins profitably and delivers well. The other wins, then spends three years quietly losing money. The difference often isn’t the quality of the bid. It’s that one of them understood…