Court orders Care UK subsidiary to pay more than £95,000
A Care UK subsidiary has been ordered to pay almost £100,000 after an 87-year-old woman suffered avoidable harm at its nursing home.
Lanemile Ltd, which...
Pharmacists to be deployed in care homes
Pharmacists will be recruited to go into care homes to reduce the risk of overmedication and ‘preventable’ hospital stays, as part of an initiative...
Ombudsman critical of council’s role over care of woman
Ealing Council is to review whether it continues to work with Metro Home Care after it was found to have falsified records during an...
Lack of plan for integrating health and care, MPs conclude
Successive governments have failed to make joined-up health and social care provision work in the country despite 20 years of mooting plans, according to...
Commissioner launches guide on older people’s rights in care homes
The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales has launched a guide providing information about a person’s rights when moving into and living in a care...
Advinia introduces clean energy system into care homes
Advinia Health Care is reducing its carbon footprint by replacing the heating systems in its care homes.
The scheme will see Advinia use government grants...
Saga’s new care service helps grow revenue
Revenue at domiciliary provider Saga Healthcare grew by 7.4% to £5.6m (2017: £5.2m) in the year ended 31 January 2018, with the company adding...
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...
SFO makes arrests in care home fraud case
An alleged £76m fraud involving luxury care homes has resulted in the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) raiding two sites and making three arrests.
The raids...
LGA warns children’s services at ‘tipping point’
Children’s services are being pushed to a tipping point as social workers start new cases for more than 1,000 children each day, Local Government...
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