Increased confidence in UK care market, report predicts
Care home developments and investment activity will remain active this year, with more M&A deals likely once uncertainty over Brexit is resolved, Christie &...
Children in care targeted and exploited, report finds
Children’s care homes in Manchester were targeted by sexual predators, a report has found, with victims left unprotected by police and social workers.
In 2017,...
Failings uncovered at children’s service provider
Serious concerns have been raised by the ombudsman after it uncovered evidence of children missing out on support and education in three separate cases.
The...
Sector left waiting for social care plans
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has admitted it could take until the end of the year to come up with a plan to solve social...
CQC raises serious concerns over leadership and governance at Cygnet
Cygnet Health Care has been told by the CQC that it must take ‘immediate action’ to improve its management and governance systems or risk...
Providers to receive support with data and cyber security
A project that aims to better understand digital, data and technology issues faced by social care providers of services to working age adults has...
Care provider ordered to pay £50,000 fine after resident suffers burns
The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution (RMBI) has been ordered to pay £50,000 plus legal costs, following an incident at a care home in which...
Number of children in care grows 28%, figures reveal
The number of children in care has risen by 28% in the past decade, Local Government Association (LGA) figures show.
The association argues councils’ ability...
‘Age apartheid’ leading to divisions within communities, says report
Britain is one of the most age segregated countries in the world, with people of different ages unlikely to mix with each other outside...
Lack of money in care sector needs recognising, says LaingBuisson founder
The adult social care sector is in a ‘bind’ as local authorities are finding it impossible to fund the true cost of care, the...