John Pattinson promoted to lead Independent Care Group
John Pattinson has been appointed chief executive of representative body the Independent Care Group (ICG).
Since December 2021, he had been the group’s operations director...
Vocare secures first contract in the North West
Totally plc, a UK provider of out-of-hospital services, has secured a £5m four-year contract with Virgin Care through its wholly-owned subsidiary Vocare Ltd.
Vocare, a...
Workforce issues dampening results at Thera Trust
Thera Trust is expected to make a loss this financial year because of ongoing workforce issues across social care sector.
The charity, which is made...
Solving the capacity crisis
Deven Pamben reports from LaingBuisson’s Healthcare Real Estate Conference, which covered a number of topics, including care homes, public equity markets, legal developments and...
Cornerstone recruits psychological and physical intervention trainer
Cornerstone Healthcare has appointed an in-house NAPPI (non-abusive psychological and physical intervention) trainer to work across its services.
Jonathan Spencer will be responsible for delivering...
HC-One to sell ‘small number’ of homes bought from Bupa
HC-One is in the process of trying to offload a ‘small number’ of care homes it bought from Bupa last year.
The company said that...
Local government pension schemes keen to invest in health and care
Health and social care opportunities are particularly attractive to UK local government pension scheme (LGPS) fund professionals, survey results have shown.
Market research carried out...
Children being ‘pinged’ about the care system
Thousands of children are ‘pinging’ around the care system, changing homes, schools or social worker.
Publishing her second stability index, an annual report which tracks...
Bargaining arrangements
With a new First Minister now in post, what next for care services in Scotland. Ellie Robinson looks at the issues surrounding sectoral bargaining...
Impact Healthcare signs £50m loan facility
Impact Healthcare REIT plc has signed a £50m five-year loan facility with Metro Bank plc to help manage its capital structure and support the...
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