Amanda Wright-Kluger joins Bevan Brittan

Amanda Wright-Kluger has become the second partner in as many months to join Bevan Brittan’s health and care – regulatory team. Wright-Kluger has experience of...

Care workforce in Scotland grows to over 211,000

Scotland’s care workforce grew by 1.5% to 211,510 in 2022, up from 208,360 the year previous, data have revealed. Published by the Scottish Social Services...

Mobile carer role helps cut agency use at WCS Care

WCS Care Group has cut external agency use and largely avoided staffing problems through more flexible workforce practices, including the introduction of a mobile...

Parklands acquires Moray care homes

Parklands Care Homes has formally acquired two Moray care homes – Weston View in Keith and Wakefield House in Cullen – six months after...

Amerdeep Somal preferred candidate for role of ombudsman

Amerdeep Somal has been named as the preferred candidate for the role of Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, taking up the position in...

Ethical recruiting central to Skills for Care campaign

Skills for Care has launched a #RecruitRight campaign to highlight recruitment and retention challenges in social care. Running through September, the campaign will provide information...

Triple Point completes sale of four properties

Triple Point Social Housing REIT has completed the sale of four supported housing properties for £7.6m to a private UK real estate investment firm. The...

Cyberattack impacts growth at Caremark and for its franchisees

Revenue across Caremark’s franchise network dipped slightly after half of its franchisees were impacted by cyberattack to a rostering system. As reported in February, David...

Jane Townson to chair Care Provider Alliance

Homecare Association chief executive officer Dr Jane Townson will chair the Care Provider Alliance (CPA) for 2023/24. The CPA is a coalition of national voices...

Anchor appoints two non-executive directors to board

Anchor has appointed Elizabeth Froude and Fred Angole to its board as non-executive directors. Froude has been in the housing sector for almost 20 years...