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New contract for HCMS

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New management at Hull care home

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Is it time to turn our back on graduate-only entry to nursing?

Undoubtedly, major challenges face the healthcare sector – an ever-growing older population, improved diagnostic techniques leading to often-lengthy and expensive treatment, a more medically educated and discerning public, a critical media and government and scarce financial, material and human resources. On top of these issues, I see the most immediate challenge being the chronic shortage of qualified nurses. It is this problem that needs urgent attention

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The nurse crisis. Is 2015 the year to reverse the mistakes of Project 2000?

There are undoubtedly a number of major challenges facing the healthcare sector – a growing elderly population, better diagnosis leading to often-lengthy courses of expensive treatment or surgery, more rigorous scrutiny by the general population, the media and government and a scarcity of resources, financial, practical and human. Of all of these I see the most immediate being the chronic shortage of qualified nurses and it’s this that needs addressing urgently

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Response to CQC guidance on covert filming

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New finance service launched for care home operators

Healthcare Management Solutions (HCMS) is expanding its selection of services for the care sector to offer a bespoke ‘Finance Function’ to oversee the accounting and financial systems on behalf of private operators, receivers, administrators and lenders.