Providers encouraged to avoid entering into unsustainable contracts
The minimum price for homecare has been calculated at £23.20 per hour, effective from April 2022, when the UK’s statutory minimum and living wages...
Jeremy Richardson to step down from Four Seasons
Four Seasons Health Care Group chief executive Jeremy Richardson is stepping down from his role and is expected to leave the business in April.
Richardson,...
Planning rankings reveal acceleration in development activity
LNT Group is the most active developer in the older people’s care home market, annual rankings from Carterwood have shown.
Carterwood’s market movers 2022 analysis...
Radical reset of children’s social care ‘unavoidable’
A £2.6bn whole system reform programme has been proposed to radically reset children’s social care.
Josh MacAlister’s independent review said providing care for children should...
Hafod partners with New Directions to support care needs
Not-for-profit provider Hafod has partnered with New Directions Health and Social Care to support people with housing and care needs across Wales.
Hafod, which provides...
Vision outlined in adult social care review ‘slowly disappearing’
Aspirations outlined in an independent review of adult social care are ‘slowly disappearing into the distance’, Scottish Care’s chief executive has claimed.
Presenting virtually at...
Leadership failings led to poor practice at Hesley Group
Inadequate leadership and management at three residential settings operated by Hesley Group resulted in a culture of poor practice and misconduct by care staff.
High...
Care businesses increasingly attracting buyers from further afield
Growth in the proportion of deals by buyers located out of local or regional areas from the target business is reflecting more of a...
Providers consider exiting because of ‘severe financial pressures’
One third of adult social care providers – including half of smaller organisations – have considered exiting the market in the past 12 months,...
Regulator takes action against specialist supported housing provider
The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has published an enforcement notice for Auckland Home Solutions CIC and made three statutory appointments to its board.
Auckland,...
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