Focusing minds

The year ahead offer opportunities for the care sector. Mary Wimbury explains A new year. It didn’t start well but we are all hoping for...

Supporting staff

Professor Green believes building back better needs to start with the workforce This year looks like being another challenging one for the care sector, and...

McCarthy Stone to build more retirement developments using MMC

McCarthy Stone will build 40 retirement developments using modern methods of construction (MMC), with the business aiming for 50% of its future communities to...

Dr Donald Macaskill takes up ambassadorial role at CWC

Dr Donald Macaskill has joined the Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) as an ambassador to help spread the organisation’s work in Scotland. The chief executive of...

Rynda Healthcare buys care home asset

Rynda Healthcare has bought a 90-bed care home in Edinburgh from Janus Henderson UK Property fund. Cairdean House, which will be let to Care UK,...

Task force to focus on better quality housing for older people

A task force will be launched to look at ways better housing can be provided for older people, as part of the government’s levelling...

Investment in housing for older people grows, research finds

Institutional investors spent £1.4bn in the UK seniors housing market last year, analysis from Knight Frank has shown. The annual spend represented a 2.2% rise...

Jeremy Richardson to step down from Four Seasons

Four Seasons Health Care Group chief executive Jeremy Richardson is stepping down from his role and is expected to leave the business in April. Richardson,...

Dr Amanda Thompsell appointed non-executive director at Target

Target Healthcare REIT has appointed Dr Amanda Thompsell as an independent non-executive director. Dr Thompsell trained and originally practised as a GP before switching to...

Leaving care a ‘frightening time’ for some, research finds

The transition to adult life for care leavers remains a ‘frightening time’ for some young people who are unprepared and unaware of what support...