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Trevor Brocklebank, chief executive officer, Home Instead Senior Care
YES Home Instead Senior Care’s minimum call out time is one hour. Chief executive, Trevor Brocklebank, would like to see the Government abolishing 15 minute visits and stipulating at least half an hour for a home care visit. He says: "One of the central tenets of the care...

Felicity Hindson, executive member for adult social care, Hampshire County Council
NO A survey by the United Kingdom Homecare Association found that in England, nearly three quarters (73 per cent) of homecare visits commissioned by councils are for periods of 30 minutes or less, with one in ten (10 per cent) visits commissioned for 15 minutes or less. Councillor...