Complexity of care

Professor Martin Green explains the demands of being a care worker Skills for Care has delivered its state of social care workforce report, and it...

Nine Four Seasons Health Care sites sold for £16.1m

Nine operating sites of Four Seasons Health Care’s core portfolio have been sold for an aggregate £16.1m. In a statement released by joint administrators and...

Aedifica’s UK tenants report ‘strong operational performance’

Strong operational performance across Aedifica’s UK sites helped grow the value of its properties, bucking the trend seen in other European countries it operates...

Voyage Care begins building work on rehabilitation service

Voyage Care has started construction work on a brain injury rehabilitation service in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. The service will provide 28 beds for individuals that...

Council spend on privately-run children’s homes doubles in six years

Council spending on children’s homes operated by independent providers has more than doubled in the past six years. In 2021/22, local authorities in England spent...

SME Capital supports Beacon Homecare Services to grow

Beacon Homecare Services Ltd has grown its presence with a bolt-on acquisition, supported by SME Capital. The homecare group, led Ross Tomkins, provides services across...

HICA Group recruits financial controllers

Not-for-profit care provider HICA Group has appointed two financial controllers to its team. Helen Worsley and Sam Kind have joined the team to help support...

Meallmore plans to raise dementia awareness with cafés

Meallmore Ltd is introducing dementia supportive spaces in its care homes as it looks to change the way communities approach the condition. Greenan Manor in...

Health and care winter plan ‘wholly insufficient’, say representative bodies

Scottish government’s winter plan for health and care is ‘wholly insufficient’, according to two umbrella bodies representing providers in the third and independent sectors. Responding...

Spectrum Care makes additions to its board of directors

Amin Thobani and Rishad Datoo have been appointed to the board of directors at purchasing network Spectrum Care Ltd. Thobani, who has been in the...