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Third of care professionals not confident over business sustainability

Less than a third (30%) of social care professionals are either ‘extremely’ or ‘very’ confident in their ability to sustain their business over the...

Phased implementation of reform aims to ‘avoid unnecessary disruption’

Implementation of a key social care reform will be carried out ‘via a transitional period’ from October 2023, which aims to prevent local authorities...

Spiralling cost of energy threatens sector, Care England warns

Care England has written to members of parliament asking them to pledge support for immediate and targeted support for the sector, as the cost...

Homecare supply at risk of destabilising, says association

Local supply of homecare is at risk of being destabilised because ‘a significant number’ of local authorities continue to pay unsustainable rates, Homecare Association...

Financial struggles for care workers, survey reveals

More than a quarter of care workers (29%) are no longer able live on the money they earn, a survey by Newcross Healthcare and...

Anchor looks to secure consultancy partners to help deliver homes

Later living provider Anchor is seeking development consultant partners to help achieve its plans to deliver 5,700 new homes over the next ten years. Schemes...

Anchor secures ‘green’ funding to retrofit homes

Anchor has secured £2.2m from wave 2.1 of the social housing decarbonisation fund to retrofit more than 300 homes by 2025. The not-for-profit provider of...

Cornerstone Healthcare to test staff for Covid-19 antibodies

Cornerstone Healthcare is partnering with PremaLabs Diagnostics to test their staff for Covid-19 antibodies to gain a better understanding of the virus and its...

Ombudsman issues adverse findings notice against provider

A care provider has refused to pay a remedy to a former resident following an ombudsman investigation because the owner said he has stopped...

Growth in workforce capacity expected following £600m boost

Local authorities are being ‘strongly’ encouraged to work closely with providers to grow workforce capacity, following a £600m funding package to help with recruitment...