Recruitment and retention proving problematic for care providers
Almost a quarter of staff leave within the first three months of joining an organisation, care providers have said.
Findings have been revealed by Scottish...
HC-One fined £400,000 for safety breaches
HC-One has been fined £400,000 for safety breaches, following the death of a resident at a care home near Edinburgh in Scotland.
On the night...
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...
Provider fined for exposing residents to avoidable harm
Diamond Care (UK) Ltd has been fined £81,000 after pleading guilty to putting its residents at significant risk of avoidable harm after not maintaining...
Adlington Retirement Living completes land purchases
Adlington Retirement Living has completed a trio of land purchases in three months, as part of its expansion plans.
The three sites are in St...
Roll-out of care home vanguards to address residents’ needs
Addressing the needs of care home residents is a key aspect of The NHS Long Term Plan, which aims to support ageing and increase...
Residential care less likely to be considered, survey finds
Almost a third of people are less likely to seek residential care for an elderly relative than before coronavirus, research from Policy Exchange and...
Promedica24 to invest more than £2m in workforce
Live-in care provider Promedica24 is the latest operator to invest in its workforce as part of a recruitment drive.
It has increased pay for its...
Deaths in care homes could reach 26,000 in England by end of May, predicts...
Analysis by William Laing, chairman of LaingBuisson, predicts 26,000 older care home residents in England will have died from Covid-19 and collateral damage by...
Homecare operators delivering less support despite growing demand
Over half of homecare providers (54%) are delivering less care than this time last year despite almost three-quarters (74%) stating demand has grown since...
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