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Allica Bank launches commercial mortgages for care home market
SME lender Allica Bank has launched specialist commercial mortgages for care homes run by independent or small group operators.
The bank said the SME care...
Adam Purnell appointed director of social care at IHSCM
The Institute of Health and Social Care Management (IHSCM) has appointed Adam Purnell as its director of social care with effect from 1 November.
Purnell...
Care Concern Group receives £18.5m loan from OakNorth Bank
Care Concern Group has received an £18.5m loan from OakNorth Bank to support the development of a care home in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire.
Founded in 1991...
Adult social care system ‘progressively failing to deliver’
Faults found during ombudsman investigations are often not due to errors caused by staff working under pressure but are increasingly because of measures employed...
Belong appoints Ali Gopaul as operations manager
Belong has appointed Ali Gopaul as operations manager, with oversight of the organisation’s Greater Manchester care villages, as well as the group’s health and...
Infection prevention and control funding extended
Additional funding for infection prevention and control has been provided to cover the winter months.
Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid said £388.3m to...
More than 600,000 extra social care staff needed, research predicts
Up to 627,000 extra social care staff will be needed by 2030/31 to improve services and meet demand, research from The Health Foundation’s REAL...
Provider fined for exposing residents to avoidable harm
Diamond Care (UK) Ltd has been fined £81,000 after pleading guilty to putting its residents at significant risk of avoidable harm after not maintaining...
Care home operators potentially face ‘massive threat’
Operators of care homes for older people face ‘a massive threat’ as part of government plans to tackle persistent unfairness in the system.
Under the...
Care home told to make urgent improvements
A residential care home has been placed into special measures and told to make urgent improvements by the regulator.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried...
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