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Unity Trust Bank promotes Paul Kelly to lead healthcare strategy
Unity Trust Bank has promoted Paul Kelly from relationship manager to healthcare lead as part of its backing to the social and primary care...
Myriad Group acquires Parklands Care Homes
Myriad Group – owner of Caring Homes – has acquired Parklands Care Homes, which operates 13 settings across Highlands, Moray and Aberdeenshire in the...
Councils’ purchasing power containing fee rates and providers’ margins
The fragmented nature of homecare sector supply means public facing operators usually have no option but to accept prices on offer or to exit....
More RCCs and fostering hubs aim to better support children in care
The government is expanding its model of children’s social care that it has been testing and trialling through regional care cooperatives (RCCs) and fostering...
Virgin Money backs McGoff Group with funding facility
McGoff Group has secured a £13m funding facility from Virgin Money to support its Herne Bay Manor care home in Kent.
The property is operated...
Cygnet acquires Orchard Care Group in Republic of Ireland
Cygnet Group has extended its residential support provision beyond the UK with the acquisition of Orchard Care Group (OCG) in the Republic of Ireland.
OCG...
People unaware of career opportunities in care, report finds
Fewer than one in three people (32%) would consider a career in social care, with many who enter the sector looking for a job...
Social care reform must be ‘built around people rather than services’
Reform of adult social care must be shaped through partnership, rooted in place and built around people and not a system that is designed...
People ‘stuck’ in long-term segregation due to lack of support
Too many autistic people and individuals with a learning disability are subject to long-term segregation (LTS) in inappropriate settings.
Data published by the Care Quality...
Lynsey Robertson joins Community Integrated Care’s leadership team
Community Integrated Care (CIC) has recruited Lynsey Robertson as its commercial director, strengthening the charity’s leadership team.
Robertson joins from West and North London Integrated...
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