Developing a workforce strategy
UKHCA policy director Colin Angel examines registration and regulation in the homecare sector
Discussing whether England’s homecare and personal assistant workforce should be registered...
Social housing watchdog critical of long-term lease obligations
Bespoke Supportive Tenancies Ltd (BeST) – a provider of homes for vulnerable adults - is falling to meet governance and financial viability standards, a...
‘Express’ delivery to ensure care providers receive urgent medicines
Contracts have been awarded to three logistics firms to ensure care providers and patients have access to medicines and medical products after Brexit.
The Department...
McCarthy & Stone and Anchor Hanover to deliver ‘affordable for all’ homes
An ‘affordable for all’ later living concept is being developed by McCarthy & Stone and Anchor Hanover as part of a new partnership.
Providing housing...
Should the sector beware politicians bearing gifts?
Tim Read, director, UK and Europe Healthcare Advisory at Marwood Group, delves into special education funding, and what we can expect from the next...
Pandemic offers recruitment opportunities for the sector, inquiry told
Structural changes to the economy offer an opportunity for the social care sector to tap into the domestic labour market.
Giving evidence to the health...
LifeCare Residences appoints chief operating officer
Gary Heather has been appointed chief operating officer at luxury retirement community operator LifeCare Residences (LCR).
Heather will be responsible for operating its UK retirement...
Regulator takes urgent action at care home
Urgent action has been taken against a service that failed to protect individuals living with a learning disability and autistic people from abuse.
The Care...
Impact buys care home for £3m
Impact Healthcare REIT plc has bought a care home for £3m and appointed Minster Care Management Ltd to operate the property.
Initial rent on the...
Loveday launches homecare service
Loveday & Co has launched a homecare service that offers a few hours of support a week, through to live-in or round-the-clock care.
Modelled on...