
Society— Feature
The Night Shift at Meridian Care
Overnight staffing in residential care is decided by a formula almost nobody outside the sector has read. Veyra spent five nights inside one home to see what the formula produces.
Society Editor
Rosalind Mbeki-Turner edits Veyra’s society coverage, with a standing brief to avoid the word crisis unless something is actually breaking. Mbeki-Turner previously ran a small investigative unit covering social care procurement, and still commissions from that instinct: follow the contract, then find the person at the end of it.
Byline

Overnight staffing in residential care is decided by a formula almost nobody outside the sector has read. Veyra spent five nights inside one home to see what the formula produces.
A rider organization built entirely on messaging apps won its first agreement in eight months. Institutionalizing it has taken three years and cost it something.