Thursday, May 2, 2024
Advertisement

Income at The Children’s Family Trust ‘squeezed’

An increase in the number of children placed into foster care at The Children’s Family Trust helped boost its income from local authorities to...

‘Leadership’ needed to integrate health and social care, says NAO boss

The head of the National Audit Office (NAO) has called for ‘serious political leadership’ in integrating health and social care. In a report assessing the...
Care worker’s lacking ‘collective voice’, report finds

Cornish operator expands with £1m from Santander

Cornish care home operator Anson Care Services is expanding one of its homes after receiving more than £1m from Santander Corporate and Commercial. Nine beds...

Battered local government impacting social care  

Local government ‘is on the ropes’ amid ‘remorseless’ budget cuts that have put strain on social care provision, a report has said. This is despite...

Disposals dent revenue at New Century Care

Sale of care homes resulted in a fall in revenue to £33m (2017: £35.3m) at provider Custodes Topco in the year ended 31 December...

Adult social care staff turnover rate grows

Staff turnover rates in adult social care continue to steadily grow, but two-thirds of leavers stay on in the sector, Skills for Care research...

Regulator warns of growing ‘care injustice’

A ‘growing care injustice’ could take shape unless access and quality improves in the country, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has warned. Its annual state...

Priory to open specialist school in Devon

The Priory Group is to open a school for young people with autism and learning difficulties in Tavistock, Devon, today (Monday 29 October). The behavioural...

CQC closes Manchester care home

A Manchester care home that was putting its residents at risk of serious harm has been forced to close after failing to turn its...
Mental health service rated ‘inadequate’ by CQC

CQC falls into ‘trap’ its own guidance warns against

A tribunal has concluded that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) ‘failed to properly’ evaluate an application from a care home provider to vary the...