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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...
Sequence Care Group receives backing from Intriva Capital
Alternative asset manager Intriva Capital has invested in Sequence Care Group, which provides specialist care services to support adults with complex learning disabilities.
Intriva, which...
Achieve together grows portfolio of services with acquisition
Achieve together has completed the acquisition of the residential, mental health, learning and physical disability services run by United Health Ltd.
Achieve together, which has...
Lifeways fined £460,000 for failing to protect residents
Lifeways Community Care Ltd has been ordered to pay more than £495,000 at Cirencester Magistrates’ Court after it failed to protect residents from avoidable...
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