Number of crisis grants awarded by CWC doubles
The number of crisis grants awarded by the Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) more than doubled last year due to rising living costs, changes to...
Fairway Homecare to open second office
Fairway Homecare is opening a second office as it targets to create more than 150 care jobs over the next 12 months.
The agency and...
Planning rankings reveal acceleration in development activity
LNT Group is the most active developer in the older people’s care home market, annual rankings from Carterwood have shown.
Carterwood’s market movers 2022 analysis...
More clarity on workforce planning needed, committee told
Longer-term planning of the workforce is needed if the social care sector is going to recruit and retain the right people.
Giving evidence to MPs,...
Maria Mallaband invests £500,000 in dementia suite
Maria Mallaband Care Group has invested £500,000 in a dementia suite in one of its care homes to help ‘empower’ independence and wellbeing of...
Nourish Care makes pain data more accessible with AI integration
Nourish Care has integrated artificial intelligence (AI)-powered pain assessment tool PainChek to its platform to help improve care and support outcomes.
PainChek’s AI and automation...
CMA calls for market oversight regime in children’s social care
A statutory oversight regime capable of assessing the financial health of the most difficult to replace providers of children’s homes should be set up...
Adult social care ‘on the cusp’ of ‘exciting transformation’
Pouring money into bad models will not shift the dial in reforming the social care sector.
Speaking at LaingBuisson’s Innovation in Care conference this month,...
Independent sector proves itself as a ‘reliable infrastructure provider’
At a launch event of the latest Care Homes for Older People report, its author told an audience a watershed moment for the sector...
MDTs have positive impact on care home residents, research finds
Research from Barnet Hospital has revealed the introduction of care home multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs) drastically reduced emergency admissions, helping to ease pressures faced by...
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