Organisations call for commitment to fix care system
Social care and support must be top of the next government’s agenda, a group of charities and councils have said in an open letter.
The...
ADASS calls for ‘total reset’ of adult social care
Council bosses are calling for a two-year funding settlement to help ensure the short-term sustainability of adult social care before establishing new models of...
Reimagining care homes
Tony Throp, finance director at Puma Property Finance, discusses opportunities for finance specialists and developers
Over the past five years, over £10bn of private investment...
Agency costs at Mencap grows despite investment in staff pay
Agency costs more than doubled at Royal Mencap Society despite investing in pay for its support workers.
The charity decided to increase its minimum hourly...
Placements affected by staffing difficulties at New Forest Care
New Forest Care reported a ‘marked increase’ in the number of referrals since the end of lockdown but placements were affected by staffing struggles.
The...
Chair of Healthwatch England announced
Sir Robert Francis QC (pictured) has been appointed chair of Healthwatch England, replacing Jane Mordue who is stepping down after three years.
Sir Robert, who...
Exemplar starts work on complex care service
Exemplar Health Care has started renovating a property in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, into a complex care service.
The site is occupied by a 50-bed, two-unit...
Slip in occupancy at Care UK mitigated by contracts and support
Government funding and additional NHS and local authority short-term contracts as a response to Covid-19 partially mitigated the impact of falling occupancy at Care...
Parklands Care Homes planning to invest in acquisitions
Parklands Care Homes is planning to invest £1m in two care homes in Moray ahead of their transfer to the group.
Parklands was appointed to...
Churchill opens Bristol office and recruits regional head
Churchill Retirement Living has opened a regional office in Bristol as it expands its coverage into South West England and South Wales.
The Bristol office...
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