Select Healthcare Group homes transfer over to Hartford Care

Select Healthcare Group’s 16 operational homes across England and North Wales will now be managed by Hartford Care Group. This move follows the acquisition of...

Constantia Healthcare Group restructures and appoints senior leaders

Constantia Healthcare Group has restructured and added senior leaders to its team ahead of its next phase of growth. Following her appointment to chief executive...

Regional disparities in demand for care, report finds

Demand for care homes across the country has grown by 1.8% this year, but with regional differences. The West Midlands has seen the highest rise...

Research project identifies survival strategies in care

Three hundred care professionals are taking part in a research project looking at how providers are investing in growth and adapting to ongoing pressures...

Budgets failing to fund the ‘true cost of care’, says report

Homecare providers need £34.42 per hour from April to deliver sustainable services, which comply with employment and care regulations. An updated minimum price for homecare...

Adult social care funding put at ‘enormous risk’, says NCF

Concerns have been raised by the decision to unringfence the majority of adult social care grants allocated to local government. As part of the provisional...

Octopus Capital appoints Bennett Construction to build homes

Bennett Construction has been appointed by Octopus Capital to deliver two retirement living schemes in Surrey and Oxfordshire. It is the main works contractor to...

People trying to access own care records being let down, says ICO

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has called for urgent improvements across UK local authorities and health and social care trusts in Northern Ireland after...

Care sector ‘transitioning into a period of growth’, says Knight Frank

An uptick in weekly fee income has helped drive improvements in profitability for care operators. Knight Frank’s Healthcare Trading Performance Survey, which covers over 100,000...

Four in five providers using digital social care record

Four in five (80%) providers now use digital social care records, as the sector continues to shift away from pen and paper. The records allow...