How can we judge the quality of private care homes vs. those run by the public sector?
Well the Care Quality Commission has closed 816 care homes in the 12 years 2011-23, of which 804 were privately owned/run - that's 22 times the number (12) the public sector homes;
such a large disparity suggests a structural problem with profit making in social care.
I've said it before but there are areas of society where, whatever the claims, the profit motive is counter-productive!
#socialcare
h/t FT
Emeritus Prof Christopher May /
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