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Join Social Care recruitment platform gains traction

Digital recruitment platform Join Social Care has reached 100,000 candidates - approximately 12% of market share. Almost two-thirds (60%) of its candidate audience is new...

Sanctuary acquisition of Cornwall Care dependent on councillors

Councillors are being advised to accept plans to dispose of 14 freehold properties that would help pave the way for Sanctuary Housing Association to...

Levy introduces unfairness between public and private providers, say MPs

Private care providers should be compensated for employer national insurance contributions made towards the health and social care levy. A group of MPs does not...

Person Centred Software integrates with CoolCare platform

Digital provider Person Centred Software (PCS) has integrated with administration platform CoolCare, in a move to help improve delivery of care. The integration is the...

Social care workers in Wales to receive wage rise

Local authorities and health boards in Wales will be provided with £70m so they can implement a real living wage uplift for public service...

Investors need to develop understanding of care sector, report finds

Institutional investors need to better understand the care sector to help deliver sustainable returns, as interest in the asset class grows. A report from healthcare...

Winter crisis highlights care shortfall

Council leaders from the Local Government Association (LGA) have said the winter health crisis should incentivise the government to adequately fund the country’s social...

Vocare secures first contract in the North West

Totally plc, a UK provider of out-of-hospital services, has secured a £5m four-year contract with Virgin Care through its wholly-owned subsidiary Vocare Ltd. Vocare, a...

NFA chief executive to stand down

National Fostering Agency (NFA) chief executive Iain Anderson will be standing down from his position after ten years and replaced by David Leatherbarrow from...

Former ministers call for radical changes to health and social care

The NHS’s ‘need, not ability to pay’ principle should be extended to social care, two former health ministers have urged. Establishing a social care contract...