Jeremy Hunt appointed chair of Health and Social Care Committee
Jeremy Hunt has been appointed chair of the Health and Social Care Committee.
Hunt, who served as health and social care secretary from 2012-2018,...
Points-based system would ‘shut the door’ on care workers
A points-based immigration system would effectively ‘shut the door’ on thousands of people needed to shore up the social care workforce.
Responding to the Migration...
Two thirds of over 75s are delaying financial planning
More than two in three over 75s are delaying making financial plans for residential care until the government has introduced reforms to the social...
VIDEO: The Care Home Show
In this week’s episode Simon Parker speaks to the chief executive of Savista Developments Avnish Goyal.
Goyal, who is also chair of Hallmark Care Homes...
Almost half of care services face issues filling staff vacancies
Almost half of care services with staff vacancies reported having problems filling them, research has revealed.
In the past year, 38% of services reported having...
McCarthy & Stone reports solid performance despite dip in profit
McCarthy & Stone has delivered revenue of £725m (2018: 672m), which was supported by a 3% rise in the average selling price of its...
L&G partners university to launch care research centre
Legal & General is partnering with the University of Edinburgh to set up an Advanced Care Research Centre (ACRC), which is designed to improve...
VIDEO: The Care Home Show
This week’s episode covers senior living and is hosted by Francis LeGasse Jr and Katherine Wells.
LeGasse Jr runs a care home business called Assured...
CQC wrong not to publish 2015 Whorlton Hall report, says review
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) was wrong not to publish the 2015 inspection report of Whorlton Hall, four years before a BBC Panorama investigation,...
Berkley Care Group set for company expansion with new CEO
Care home provider Berkley Care Group (BCG) is gearing up for an £80m expansion with the appointment of a new chief executive officer to...