02 Aug 2012
Stephen Lowe, social care policy advisor for Age UK
YES
Age UK, has been campaigning for care home providers to have financial health checks for years.
Its policy advisor, Stephen Lowe says: "We favour a regulatory approach and it needs specific financial expertise so Monitor...
Martin Green, chief executive, English Community Care Association (ECCA)NO
"In relation to financial regulation we believe that every business should be able to show it is viable but this is required already by the Audit process and by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) so we do not need extra regulation,"........