Baroness Casey launches conversation on care

Baroness Casey of Blackstock has launched The Big Conversation on Care, handing the public a direct role in shaping the future of adult social...

Achieve together relocates its headquarters

Achieve together has relocated its registered office and community hub team to a refurbished workplace in Leatherhead, Surrey. It has signed a 10-year lease at...

Transactions in care home market continue to build, data shows

Transactional activity in the older people’s care market continued to build through the second quarter of the year, data from Cushman & Wakefield shows. Volumes...

Government considering New Zealand-style tenure model

The government is considering a New Zealand-style tenure model as part of its work on the forthcoming Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill. Baroness Sharon Taylor...

Andy Burnham highlights social care as a priority under his leadership

Andy Burnham has highlighted fixing social care as a priority when he becomes Prime Minister. In his first speech as Labour leader today (Friday 17...

CPA to represent providers on fair pay negotiating body

The Care Provider Alliance (CPA) will be the ‘coordinating organisation’ representing providers on the adult social care negotiating body (ASCNB), which will be tasked...

ADASS survey highlights ‘disconnect’ between ambitions and funding

Local care markets remain ‘fragile’ as providers continue to either close, cease trading or hand back contracts. The 2026 Spring Survey from the Association of...

‘Siloed working’ impacting people moving from children to adult services

People moving from children to adult services is one of the most challenging areas when transitioning within the health and care system, according to...

CoolCare launches tool to give providers clearer visibility

Care home management software provider CoolCare has launched a reporting tool that aims to help operators access, understand and act on operational data more...

Councils’ purchasing power containing fee rates and providers’ margins

The fragmented nature of homecare sector supply means public facing operators usually have no option but to accept prices on offer or to exit....