Workforce council to feed into decision-making at Home Instead
Home Instead has formed a workforce council that will help inform strategic planning and decision-making at the company.
As part of the development its 10,000-strong...
Care home provider fined for failing to protect resident
Mulberry Care Ltd has been ordered to pay more than £50,000 by magistrates after it failed to protect a resident from avoidable harm.
The company...
Committee chair left disappointed over workforce planning
The government has been accused of missing an opportunity to ease the staffing problems in health and social care by rejecting a recommendation to...
Maturing retirement living sector attracting investors
Older people’s care and retirement living continue to attract the most interest from investors when they are targeting healthcare assets.
According to the UK Healthcare...
Nourish Care launches its integration with GP Connect
Nourish Care has launched its GP Connect integration that enables providers to review records and medical notes of those being supported in real time.
Integrating...
Regulator continues to ‘seek assurances’ over care home visits
The regulator has received concerns over visiting at 189 services since the beginning of December, of which 82 were allegations of blanket bans.
It has...
MPs ‘remain concerned’ over social care funding
Extra investment committed to social care falls short of what is needed and will continue to leave people requiring dementia support facing catastrophic costs.
During...
Data sharing will aim to help drive more joined-up care
Better data sharing through an integrated system will aim to allow the NHS to inform a local authority immediately if a person requires social...
Making Space brings forward pay increases for frontline staff
Making Space is the latest care provider to pay all employees the voluntary real living (RLW) wage.
As recommended by the Living Wage Foundation, £9.90...
Operator accused of providing ’irrational excuse’ by ombudsman
A care provider has been accused of using an ‘irrational excuse’ as a reason not to comply with a finding from the Local Government...
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