CQC-style ratings pilot to hold government to account 

An independent evaluation system that will give ratings on the government’s progress against its pledges on health and social care targets is to be...
Kenneth MacKenzie, Target Fund Managers chief executive officer

Target Healthcare reports pick-up in admission activity among tenants

Admission activity is picking-up among tenants of Target Healthcare REIT, as confirmed or suspected cases of Covid-19 affecting residents continues to fall. Covid-related cases occupy...

Mark Costello appointed chief executive of Aurora Group

Mark Costello has been promoted to chief executive of Aurora Group after eight months as the provider’s performance director. Before joining the provider of education...

Use of technology ‘variable’ for care providers, research finds

Social care providers using NHSmail, video conferencing and other digital technologies during Covid-19 have had ‘very variable experiences’, research has shown. Digital Social Care (DSC)...

Video: Simon Parker speaks to Jeremy Walford

In this episode Simon Parker, founder of the care management consultancy SP&P, speaks to Jeremy Walford, managing director and founding trustee of Middleton Hall...

Florence completes registration with Care Inspectorate

Carers and nurses in Scotland can connect with social care settings across the country using the Florence web platform. The online recruitment marketplace has completed...

Government to rollout rapid coronavirus testing in care homes

Rapid coronavirus tests will be rolled out to care homes, hospitals and laboratories across the UK to increase testing capacity. Two tests – both able...
Robert Kilgour hits out at care home spending inaction

Podcast: Adam Carter speaks to Robert Kilgour

In this episode of The Wine Cellar Sessions, Adam Carter, managing director of Carter Schwartz, speaks to Robert Kilgour, founder and executive chair of...

Increase in admissions allays occupancy fears at HC-One

Fears that occupancy at HC-One could have fallen to 70% by July due to death rates caused by Covid-19 and a lack of admissions...

One-fifth of homecare workers remain in post for longer than 10 years

Two-thirds of domiciliary care workers in Wales have been in their current role for more than two years, while one-fifth have remained in their...