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Recruitment and training problems leading to poor end-of-life care

Staff shortages and a lack of training means older people’s end-of-life care is often unacceptable, the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) chief inspector of adult...

Impact considers cash injection to buy care homes

Impact Healthcare REIT is proposing to raise £150m after identifying a portfolio care homes it wants to buy. The real estate investment trust, which intends...

iCON snaps up Choice Care for £153m

Investment group iCON Infrastructure has bought Choice Care Group from Caledonia Investments plc for £152.5m. The provider of residential and supported living services for people...

Long-term care spending reaches £14bn

Long-term care spending climbed by £369m to reach £14bn in 2017/18, according to a financial report published by NHS Digital. Overall, the number of people...

Councils accused of buying homecare services ‘on the cheap’

The homecare sector needs at least £402m per year to ensure workers receive the statutory National Living Wage (£7.83), while also ensuring providers can...

Narinder Singh appointed Allied Healthcare chief executive

Former MiHomecare and Complete Care chief executive Narinder Singh has been appointed to lead Allied Healthcare, taking over from Luca Warnke. Singh will take on...

Healthcare professionals need to talk about death, says report

Doctors need to get better at having frank conversations earlier with terminally ill patients or those in the final stages of life, the Royal...
Diversification proves positive for Impact Healthcare

Impact Healthcare’s portfolio value rises 7.3%

Impact Healthcare REIT’s property portfolio rose by 7.3% in value to £197.9m in the quarter to 30 September 2018. The rise of £13.6m included £9.9m...

Civitas seals £8.8m property deals

Civitas Social Housing plc has announced two separate deals – each worth more than £4m and 86 tenancies. One of the deals is for three...

Saga’s new care service helps grow revenue

Revenue at domiciliary provider Saga Healthcare grew by 7.4% to £5.6m (2017: £5.2m) in the year ended 31 January 2018, with the company adding...