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Nigel Sibley leaves LifeCare Residences

Chief executive of LifeCare Residences Nigel Sibley has left the business. The luxury retirement villages operator, which has sites in London, Hampshire and Dorset in...

Savista Developments appoints Claire Johnsen as head of innovation

Claire Johnsen has been appointed as head of innovation at care home construction company Savista Developments. Johnsen, who previously worked as a senior advisor for...

Social care sector faces a ‘staffing blackhole’

Social care faces a ‘staffing blackhole’ if temporary arrangements are not introduced to manage the initial impact of the government’s Immigration Bill. The warning comes...

PM under fire over care home comments

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come under criticism for accusing care homes of not properly following procedures during the coronavirus crisis. During an interview yesterday,...

Video: Simon Parker speaks to Robert Kilgour

In this episode Simon Parker, founder of the care management consultancy SP&P, speaks to Robert Kilgour, executive chairman of Renaissance Care. As reported last week,...

Target Healthcare buys £15m care home

Investor Target Healthcare REIT has let a newly developed care home to Ideal Carehomes, which it bought for £15m. The 66-bed property in Bicester, Oxfordshire,...

Regular testing to be rolled out in care homes

Staff and residents in care homes for over 65s and those with dementia will receive regular coronavirus tests from next week. Workers will be tested...

‘Undervalued’ care staff deserve new employment deal, researchers argue

Care workers should be given a new employment deal that properly reflects their worth, researchers from King’s Business School have argued. The model of employment,...

Residents and staff still waiting to be tested, survey finds

More than 4,000 staff and residents in not-for-profit care homes are still awaiting Covid-19 testing, analysis by the National Care Forum (NCF) has found.  A...

Over-45s split over government approach towards social care policy

Just over half (52%) of over-45s believe agreeing a social care policy will become a priority for government, according to a care report. The finding...