SCIE appoints Baroness Glenys Thornton as chair-elect

Baroness Glenys Thornton has been appointed as chair-elect of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). She brings experience of leadership across social care, health,...

Underwriters placing emphasis on how care organisations manage risk

Insurance underwriters are looking beyond headline incident rates and placing more emphasis on how adult social care organisations manage emerging risk. The ability to demonstrate...

Pay disparity between care workers and NHS counterparts persists

The take-home pay gap between adult social care support workers and equivalent NHS Band 3 staff has seen very little improvement over the past...

Liaise promotes Sarah Hopkins to director of quality and governance

Liaise has appointed Sarah Hopkins as its director of quality and governance, promoting her from the role of head of quality. Hopkins, who brings over...

Beginning with belief

Kara Healthcare has been on a growth journey. Nitesh Somani provides the detail Kara Healthcare stepped into 2025 marked by uncertainty, economic strain, recruitment pressures,...

Opening the door to change

Teresa Cope, Manx Care chief executive officer, discusses innovation in care on the Isle of Man Across the world, health and social care systems are...

FNC rates for care homes up more than 5%

Care homes providing nursing care to patients in the community will receive a 5.4% rise in funding to provide specialist support. The uplift means the...

Unique Senior Care launches digital assessment tool

Homecare provider Unique Senior Care has launched a digital resource that evaluates an older person’s daily life, wellbeing and safety at home. Its free ‘Is...

Oakland Care opens Harpenden Springs

Oakland Care has officially opened its net zero targeted home Harpenden Springs in Hertfordshire. The 75-bedroom care home is the latest setting in the provider’s...

Care home bed supply grows 2.4% over past decade, data shows

UK care home bed supply has grown 2.4% over the past decade, according to analysis released by Knight Frank, while the over-65 population has...