Care Protect targets Australia
Safety organisation Care Protect is expanding into Australia in response to an abuse crisis in the country’s care homes.
The country’s federal government plans to...
Care start-up receives £8.5m cash injection
Scottish health start-up Care Sourcer has raised £8.5m to expand its services, with a cash injection of £6m from Legal & General and £2.5m...
CareTech strikes deal to buy Cambian for up to £372m
Social care operator CareTech Holdings has agreed to buy children’s services provider Cambian Group in a deal worth up to £372m.
The enlarged group will...
Carers UK appoints chief executive
Carers UK has appointed Helen Walker as its new chief executive.
Walker, who will begin her role on 3 December, will be joining from national...
Prevention and healthy ageing ‘vital’ to social care reform
Future care models need to focus on prevention and encouraging healthy living, rather than striving to meet rising demand with delivery.
According to health policy...
Action group urges Scotland to take lead on tackling loneliness
Charities and organisations have called on the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to lead from the front and ensure that Scotland becomes the world leader...
Children’s special needs costing stretched councils
A cash crisis in children’s special education needs is pushing councils to breaking point and forcing parents into long legal battles, the Observer has...
Future of Allied Healthcare secured
Allied Healthcare has been bought by healthcare provider CRG for an undisclosed sum, securing the future of the troubled homecare provider.
All of Allied’s care and...
Scottish health secretary offers EU social care staff support
Scottish Health Secretary Jeane Freeman (pictured) has written to EU social care staff to set out the support available amid uncertainty surrounding Brexit.
In a...
Octopus Healthcare adds £133m to fund
Octopus Healthcare has added £133.5m to its care home fund, while also buying seven properties in a separate deal.
Total equity raised for the fund...
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