You have deep doubts and objections but you allow yourself to be persuaded by those more powerful than you, and you end up looking back and thinking "Why didn't I stand up for what I knew was right?"
Opinion
Standing up for what is right: lessons for social care from the Iraq inquiry
Office work is the enemy of good care home management - a two-for-one offer
You can't manage a care home from the office.
So, before anyone dumps more bureaucracy on care home managers, they should remember that every additional minute spent in the office is a minute taken away from residents, staff and relatives.
John Burton Head of ACM accuses The Care Quality Commission of being more concerned about its own survival than about good care
This morning the schools parliamentary select committee have made swingeing criticisms of OFSTED, the national inspectorate of children's services. Similar criticisms could be made of CQC.
One way in which some of you may know of John is through his writing and speaking at conferences. He is contributor to Caring Times, Care Management Matters and some of the other magazines. He also writes papers for some of the journals and chapters for edited books on social care, and has written two books - The Handbook of Residential Care and Managing Residential Care, both published by Routledge
John's role will be to:-
To give direction to the Association
To speak on behalf of the Association
To provide articles for publication on the website and in the magazine
To comment on behalf of the Association on sector issues
To contribute to consultations which may affect managers
To introduce ideas/concepts for discussion between managers & the sector
