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Lee Mount Healthcare partners with university on ‘smart care home’
Aston University is partnering with Lee Mount Healthcare to create a ‘smart care home’ system using artificial intelligence.
The project will use machine learning to...
Strategy to embed adult social care placements within nursing degrees
Student nurses will have more access to adult social care training placements in their nursing degrees, as part of a new national strategy.
It aims...
ARCO appoints ‘mystery shopping’ partner to help raise the bar
The Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO) has strengthened its regulatory function by appointing a ‘mystery shopping’ partner.
This follows the approval of its consumer code...
Care ombudsman finding more fault as complaints grow
Complaints about education and children’s services dominate the ombudsman’s casework, with housing the second biggest area of concern, followed by adult care.
The Local Government...
White Oaks secures catering contract at assisted living developments
White Oaks has agreed a three-year partnership with Town & Country Housing to provide resident catering services at four assisted living developments in Kent.
Its...
Adult specialist care market grows to £19bn, data shows
Adult specialist care has continued to grow in market value as the number of people receiving support rises, research published by LaingBuisson shows.
The UK...
Number of children’s social care providers grows by a quarter
The number of children’s social care providers in England has risen by 26% in the past year, growing to 5,600 at the end of...
One in five residential care workers lives in poverty, report finds
People working in care homes and their families are twice as likely to live in poverty as the average UK employee, analysis by the...
International confidence in care home market continues
Transactions in the care home sector reached over £1.8bn in the first half of this year, with strong international confidence in the market.
Data released...
Councils struggling to meet cost of complex and expensive care
Four in five councils overspent on adult social care in 2024/25, with budget deficits reaching £774m.
The overspend, which is due to increasing levels and...
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