Carers UK appoints chief executive
Carers UK has appointed Helen Walker as its new chief executive.
Walker, who will begin her role on 3 December, will be joining from national...
Prevention and healthy ageing ‘vital’ to social care reform
Future care models need to focus on prevention and encouraging healthy living, rather than striving to meet rising demand with delivery.
According to health policy...
Action group urges Scotland to take lead on tackling loneliness
Charities and organisations have called on the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to lead from the front and ensure that Scotland becomes the world leader...
Children’s special needs costing stretched councils
A cash crisis in children’s special education needs is pushing councils to breaking point and forcing parents into long legal battles, the Observer has...
Future of Allied Healthcare secured
Allied Healthcare has been bought by healthcare provider CRG for an undisclosed sum, securing the future of the troubled homecare provider.
All of Allied’s care and...
Scottish health secretary offers EU social care staff support
Scottish Health Secretary Jeane Freeman (pictured) has written to EU social care staff to set out the support available amid uncertainty surrounding Brexit.
In a...
Octopus Healthcare adds £133m to fund
Octopus Healthcare has added £133.5m to its care home fund, while also buying seven properties in a separate deal.
Total equity raised for the fund...
Waiting for social care packages leads to 50,000 deaths, charity claims
More than 50,000 older people have died waiting for care packages during the 700 days since the government first said it would publish a...
Care home owners fined after admitting failings
Owners of a Nottinghamshire care home have been ordered to pay more than £54,000 after a 94-year-old man fell and suffered a fractured femur.
Rhoda...
Anchor Hanover appoints ENGIE in £80m deal
Housing and care provider Anchor Hanover has appointed ENGIE as its strategic partner for internal and external repairs to its properties in a ten-year...
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