No-deal Brexit to worsen recruitment problems, says Care England
A no-deal Brexit risks worsening recruitment problems in the care sector, an inquiry has been told.
In evidence submitted to the Health and Social Care...
Renaissance Care targets further growth after additions
Scottish entrepreneur Robert Kilgour has added two Lanarkshire care homes to the Renaissance Care portfolio, taking the total number of sites north of the...
Target completes £13.8m care home purchase
UK-listed investor Target Healthcare has bought a purpose-built care home in Ringmer, East Sussex, for approximately £13.8m.
The transaction follows a successful share placing earlier...
Social care green paper delayed
The government has delayed the publication of its social care green paper until the new year.
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said...
Pay boost for Leonard Cheshire frontline workers
Leonard Cheshire has invested an extra £7m in its frontline staff in the UK, lifting the lowest paid ‘well above’ the national minimum wage...
Research aims to improve care home catering
The average care home spends less than £2.50 a day on food and drink for residents, preliminary research findings have concluded.
After interviewing caterers and...
Care home sector continues to struggle despite dip in insolvencies
More than 100 care homes were declared insolvent in 2018 as the sector continued to struggle with limited funding, figures from BDO LLP have...
Social care services finding it difficult to recruit, report concludes
More than half of registered social care services in Wales have found it difficult to recruit within the last year.
In a report commissioned by...
Independent children’s care services costing councils, report says
Commissioning and procurement of children’s residential care services in England need improving to provide better value for money, a group of MPs has concluded.
A...
Thousands of care workers suffer violent attacks
Care workers suffered more than 6,000 violent attacks during the past five years, figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show.
Between the financial years...