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/ The state has left the operation of Country Villa Plaza and 17 other nursing homes in licensing limbo for more than five years. A CalMatters investigation reveals an opaque licensing process for California nursing homes, rife with indecision and contradictions. The virus swept through Country Villa Sheraton nursing home in Los Angeles in the past year, killing 24 residents. Country Villa Rehabilitation Center, also in Los Angeles, and Country Villa Plaza in Santa Ana, lost 13 residents each. The devastation was by no means unique to this cluster of 18 Southern California-based nursing home...

When the world moved to home-working, so did GGF – bringing together civil service leaders from around the world for a series of webinars on aspects of the pandemic. Here, we pick five panel discussions that could help you realise your goals in 2021 When the world moved to home-working, so did GGF – bringing together civil service leaders from around the world for a series of webinars on aspects of the pandemic. Here, we pick five panel discussions that could help you realise your goals in 2021 Making a success of remote working Among much, much else, 2020 will be known as the year when r...

Service transformation: in Birmingham, social enterprise Badger Group doubled its clinical workforce to operate a drive-through care facility for patients with COVID symptoms. Credit: Badger Group The pandemic has driven rapid reforms to healthcare as officials maintained service delivery while protecting patients and staff. But exhausted workforces now face new demands: at a GGF webinar, health leaders from the USA and UK discussed the lessons learned so far, and set out today’s priorities Healthcare services have undergone rapid change during the pandemic, including a shift to remote deli...