ICS leaders urged to learn from failings

Poor communication between health and social care services continues to be an issue despite the introduction of integrated care systems (ICSs), according to a...

McCarthy Stone to develop retirement living apartments in South Wales

McCarthy Stone has bought a development site in Cowbridge, South Wales, that has planning consent for 50 retirement living apartments. After the developer and operator...

Low pay in adult social care needs tackling, say think tanks

Low pay in adult social care needs to be immediately addressed by government, two think tanks have said. They have urged the Labour government to...

Councils call for delay in care reform plans

Councils have warned that the reforms to the cap on care have a £30bn funding black hole over the next decade and will be...

Connaught Care Collection offers staff free ‘full-body health checks’

Connaught Care Collection is partnering with Bluecrest Wellness to offer its staff free ‘full-body health checks’. Bluecrest will offer health checks covering heart disease, stroke...

OakNorth provides £52m loan as part of Danforth deal

OakNorth has provided a £52m loan as part of the deal by Warwick Capital Partners to acquire Danforth Care Homes. The loan from OakNorth will...

Ongoing difficulties with domestic recruitment persist

International recruitment continued to be the main driver of the increase in filled posts and the fall in vacancies in adult social care in...

Skills for Care outlines options to improve sector pay

Skills for Care has identified three options to improve pay for workers in adult social care in England. Its A Workforce Strategy for Adult Social...

Working-age disabled adults potentially missing out on care

More than a quarter (28%) of working-age disabled adults have never accessed social care or other support despite potentially being eligible. Healthwatch England found people...

New Age Care opens second office

New Age Care has opened a second homecare office as it expands its offering across the Midlands. The business has opened in Longbridge, West Midlands,...