Action needed to protect loss-making care providers, MPs told

A third of care providers could be operating at a loss, with growing concern that additional costs over winter will stretch the sector even...

Keeping your own front door

Kevin Beirne, head of retirement at Octopus Real Estate, discusses the merits of retirement communities and why they could help drive economic recovery, help...

VIDEO: Simon Parker speaks to Professor Martin Green

In this episode Simon Parker, founder of the care management consultancy SP&P, speaks to Professor Martin Green, chief executive of Care England.    The representative body...

Care Provider Alliance appoints Kathy Roberts as chair

The Care Provider Alliance (CPA) has appointed Kathy Roberts, chief executive of the Association of Mental Health Providers (AMHP), as its chair for the...

Children’s social care referrals fall almost a fifth during lockdown

The number of children referred to social care services fell by almost a fifth during the height of the Covid-19 lockdown between April and...

CM meets… Avnish Goyal

The chair of both Care England and Hallmark Care Homes opened his first property more than 20 years ago. In his other role as...

Simply UK secures investment package to develop Morar Living

Glasgow-based real estate developer Simply UK has secured a €40m (£35.9m) funding package from a European investor, to expand and develop its care home...

Aedifica to invest in renovation projects at UK care homes

Aedifica is investing €11m (£9.8m) in extension projects at nine of its care homes in the UK. The properties are operated by Burlington Care and...

Impact exchanges contracts on £7.4m property

Investor Impact Healthcare REIT has exchanged contracts on a property for £7.4m in Suffolk and received regulatory approval for its deal for nine care...

SCIE calls for trio of policy shifts to address social care

Three areas of reform have been identified to help address the impact Covid-19 has had on the social care system. Described as the ‘three shifts’,...