Community Integrated Care completes merger with Inspire

Community Integrated Care (CIC) has completed its merger with Scottish social care charity Inspire. Completion of the deal, which was announced in June, follows several...

HICA Group recruits Carl Taylor as regional trainer

Provider of care homes and support services HICA Group has recruited Carl Taylor as regional trainer. Taylor will provide learning and development to staff across...

Cornerstone agrees refinancing deal with Virgin Money

Cornerstone Healthcare Group has agreed a £12.75m refinancing deal with Virgin Money. The transaction supports Cornerstone’s growth plans and comes as it completes its first...
Kenneth MacKenzie, Target Fund Managers chief executive officer

Demand for places in Target’s care homes ‘remains encouraging’

Resident occupancy across Target Healthcare’s portfolio of care homes continues to recover towards pre-pandemic levels. Demand for places in its homes remains ‘encouraging’, with growing...

Care homes account for half of complaints received by inspectorate

The long-term increasing trend in complaints received by the Care Inspectorate has continued, growing 6% last year. In 2022/23, it received 5,910 complaints about care...

Medequip Connect partners council to support residents to live at home

Medequip Connect is taking over responsibility for care technology services on behalf of Sutton London Borough Council, which supports over 1,600 residents. As well as...

New Care’s Guiseley Manor officially opens

New Care’s second property in Yorkshire - £12m Guiseley Manor – has been officially opened. The home complements the provider’s first care facility in the...

Nourish Care integrates Ally software to better monitor residents

Nourish Care plans to integrate acoustic monitoring system Ally on to its platform. Ally’s software analyses sound and motion in a care home resident’s room...

Care home deals roundup

Hazeldene House in Chesterfield, East Midlands, has been sold to a West Yorkshire care group. The residential and dementia care home is a two-storey, 21-bedroom...

Growth in workforce capacity expected following £600m boost

Local authorities are being ‘strongly’ encouraged to work closely with providers to grow workforce capacity, following a £600m funding package to help with recruitment...