Battered local government impacting social care
Local government ‘is on the ropes’ amid ‘remorseless’ budget cuts that have put strain on social care provision, a report has said.
This is despite...
Disposals dent revenue at New Century Care
Sale of care homes resulted in a fall in revenue to £33m (2017: £35.3m) at provider Custodes Topco in the year ended 31 December...
Adult social care staff turnover rate grows
Staff turnover rates in adult social care continue to steadily grow, but two-thirds of leavers stay on in the sector, Skills for Care research...
Regulator warns of growing ‘care injustice’
A ‘growing care injustice’ could take shape unless access and quality improves in the country, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has warned.
Its annual state...
Priory to open specialist school in Devon
The Priory Group is to open a school for young people with autism and learning difficulties in Tavistock, Devon, today (Monday 29 October).
The behavioural...
CQC closes Manchester care home
A Manchester care home that was putting its residents at risk of serious harm has been forced to close after failing to turn its...
CQC falls into ‘trap’ its own guidance warns against
A tribunal has concluded that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) ‘failed to properly’ evaluate an application from a care home provider to vary the...
Care group chair warns against more ‘drift’
The government needs to focus on making a real change in social care in 2019 and not allow ‘another year of drift’.
In a New...
Hamberley buys London care home
High-end operator Hamberley Care Homes has bought Hawthorn Green Residential and Nursing Home (pictured) for an undisclosed sum.
The
90-bed home in Stepney, London
Borough of Tower...
Health and social care integration must happen quicker, says report
The pace of integrating health and social care services needs to increase, a joint report by the Scottish government and Convention of Scottish Local...
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