Quote Originally Posted by Feedback View Post
surely the council can state in the tender what the terms of engagement must be...the council hold all the aces, but they put out to tender for the lowest cost bidder.
You think that the councils are in a position to pay good money for care ?

It's a cut throat dog eat dog bidding process and the council award contracts to the cheapest bidder

Home Instead, Right at-home are expensive and don't figure very much with local authority care

Which is why people who can afford it go for them and ordinary folk get a dreadful service