New bill to better protect vulnerable people in care
The government has introduced a bill aimed to better protect vulnerable people and ease the burden on local authorities.
The new law aims to streamline...
Social care green paper to cover younger adults
The social care green paper will cover younger adults, health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has revealed.
While being questioned by MPs during a...
CBI calls for ‘dynamic system’ to meet healthcare pressures
More training places need to be made available to help match workforce requirements in the healthcare sector, reducing the reliance on international workers.
A report...
Ministers told children’s services at tipping point
Ministers are facing demands to pump extra cash into children’s social care services after funding plummeted by more than £800m in a year.
According to...
Impact Healthcare buys £2.8m care home
Investment trust Impact Healthcare REIT has bought Yew Tree Care Centre in Redcar, North Yorkshire, for £2.8m from Monarch Alternative Capital LP.
The 76-bed nursing...
CAMHS referrals up 26%
The number of referrals to specialist child mental health services has increased by 26% over the last five years, research by the Education Policy...
Most people not planning how they will fund their care
Roughly half of English adults do not know what ‘social care’ means and have not planned how they will pay for their care when...
Maisons de Famille takes controlling stake of Dorea
French group Maisons de Famille (MdF) has become a majority shareholder of care home operator Dorea, taking over from private equity fund Quadriga Capital.
MdF...
Civitas makes ‘strong progress’ in first half
Real estate investment trust Civitas Social Housing completed purchases of properties totalling £150.7m, its half-year results for the period ended 30 September 2018 show.
The investor...
Care company to scrap £50 staff sickness charge
A nurse and
care worker recruiter has announced that it will be scrapping a £50 charge it
makes to staff who phone in sick.
An
investigation by The...
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