VIDEO: Simon Parker speaks to Martin Warnes

In this episode Simon Parker, founder of the care management consultancy SP&P, speaks to Martin Warnes, director of Join Social Care. In this episode Simon...

Ares Management acquires Exemplar Health Care

Alternative investment manager Ares Management has bought care home operator Exemplar Health Care from pan-European private equity firm Agilitas Private Equity for an undisclosed...

Cost of care for self-funders growing at a faster rate

The cost of care for self-funders has grown at a faster rate than for publicly-funded residents in Scotland over the past 10 years. Census data...

Care home operators reminded of legal obligations

Care home providers have been reminded of their obligation to comply with consumer law by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). As part of its...

Commission to explore role of technology in social care

The role of technology in a reformed social care system will be explored through a commission that has been set up by the Association...

Care groups seek clarity over guidance for visits

Representative bodies of providers want greater clarity from the government after it revised its stance on care home visiting. Care England said it was awaiting...

Esa Reeman to lead Valorum Care’s services in England

Esa Reeman has been named Valorum Care Group’s managing director for operations in England. She will have responsibility for 39 services and a 1,500-strong care...

Directors involved in a ‘grim and deadly struggle’, ADASS president says

Leaders of adult social care services are engaged in a ‘grim and deadly struggle’ to sustain provision that has been long overdue for reform. Addressing...

Testing problems putting care providers under pressure

The rate of false positive Covid-19 test results is piling pressure on struggling care homes, the representative body for providers in Wales has said. A...

Immigration system to add further pressures on care sector, report finds

Almost 80% of people from the EU working in the care sector would have been found ineligible by the government’s planned points-based immigration system. A...