England’s dysfunctional care funding system sees cash-strapped councils buying care below cost, only to wonder why standards fall, says Melanie Weatherley, co-chair of the Care Association Alliance. Fund care nationally, price it honestly, and the race to the bottom ends

Caring Times has delved into the data to reveal the regional differences in England’s adult social care sector. Tony Rock reports

A Local Government Association report provides the answers to the question of what role its members should play in a reformed system of adult social care. Tony Rock reports

It’s wonderful – Andy Burnham has got everyone talking at long last. His decision to go for the National Care Service makes me excited.

The managing director of Home Instead talks about what she enjoys most about her role

Claire Cannings, director of quality and clinical governance at Exemplar Health Care, asks what does ‘holistic’ really mean in nurse-led complex care?