Scottish care home has service suspended
Muirhead Care Home has had an interim suspension order taken out against it after inspectors found ‘vulnerable’ residents were being ‘tied to chairs with...
Rising weekly fees help increase turnover at Greensleeves
A rising average weekly fee of 8.2% helped Greensleeves Homes Trust post increased turnover and net income growth.
The average fee rose to £871, according...
Regard buys Cornish care provider
The Regard Group has bolstered its presence in the South West by buying Cornish specialist care operator Solar Care Homes for an undisclosed sum.
The...
Voyage Care partners with Chroma to provide music therapy
Chroma is partnering with Voyage Care to provide neurologic arts therapy to patients who are undergoing neuro-rehabilitation.
The art therapy provider will initially deliver a...
Ashley House confident modular business will make gains
Diversification and changes to government policy have ‘significantly improved’ the prospects of health and community care property contractor Ashley House.
While trading during the year...
Action needed on health inequality, report says
Increasing spending on the NHS and social care will not change health inequalities and improve life expectancy on its own, a report by The...
Dr Jane Townson leaves Somerset Care Group
Dr Jane Townson has stepped down as chief executive of the Somerset Care Group.
She had been at the not-for-profit care provider for seven and a...
A quarter of sandwich carers report symptoms of mental ill-health
More than one in four sandwich carers have shown symptoms of mental ill-health while looking after both sick, disabled or older relatives and children.
This...
Fire safety failures found in London care homes
The London Fire Brigade has written to every care home in the capital after inspectors found serious fire safety failures in properties.
Fire officials are...
LGA estimates £1bn adult social care funding gap in 2019/20
Council tax rises in the next financial year will not raise enough money to prevent further cutbacks to care, the Local Government Association (LGA)...
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