Regulatory framework left care sector staff ‘devastated’ and ‘distressed’

Adult social care providers assessed under the Care Quality Commission (CQC)’s single assessment framework (SAF) found the experience disorientating and upsetting, with some staff...

Self-funder market recovery helps drive up results at Runwood Homes

Growth in the private self-funder market helped drive up financial performance at Runwood Homes, as it continued to recover from the pandemic. It also ‘consolidated’...

HC-One Scotland opens office and training facility

HC-One Scotland has opened an office space and training facility at its Quayside Care Home in Glasgow. Launched in 2023, HC-One Scotland, which operates 50...

Ombudsman publishes adult social care complaints guide

A guide for complaints about adult social care services has been launched by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman. The good practice guide sets...

The time is right

Dr Michelle Tempest, senior partner at Candesic, tackles the past inertia in dementia care and rallies investors and operators to understand the opportunities to...

Kara Healthcare acquires seven homes as part of growth strategy

Kara Healthcare has grown its portfolio of settings with the acquisition of seven care homes. Six properties in the North East have been acquired from...

Leonard Cheshire improves financial position with ‘small surplus’

Leonard Cheshire reported a ‘small surplus’ as it continued with its recovery plan to turn the charity around. Recruitment remained difficult at some locations and...

Homeowners set to move into Audley Shiplake Meadows

Property owners at Audley Shiplake Meadows in Lower Shiplake, Oxfordshire, will be able to move into their homes this month, following completion of the...

HC-One to open The Applewood care home

HC-One’s 78-bedroom care home in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, is set to open next month. The newly built care home will offer all-inclusive residential and dementia...

Shaping the system

As the government seeks to reform the children’s social care system, providers should anticipate having to navigate a complex web of issues regarding transparency,...