Opportunity to make decisive change in social care, says report

The government should use the coronavirus pandemic to undertake long term social care reform that delivers improvements in the sector and removes the historic...

Precious Homes appoints Fergal Cawley as chief executive

Precious Homes – a social care provider for people with autism and learning disabilities – has appointed Fergal Cawley as its chief executive officer. He...

VIDEO: The Care Home Show speaks to… 

In this episode Simon Parker, founder of the care management consultancy SP&P, speaks to the Care Workers’ Charity’s executive director Karolina Gerlich and chair...

More than 1,000 Covid-related deaths in care homes, ONS figures show

More than 1,000 Covid-related deaths occurred in care homes in England and Wales up to Friday 10 April (week 15), Office for National Statistics...

Kingsley Healthcare to open second homecare branch

Kinglsey Healthcare is planning to open a second branch of its homecare and live-in care division to cover Suffolk and Norfolk. The move follows a...

Audley Group appoints planning director

Audley Group has appointed Emma Trinder as its planning director. She will lead a team across all Audley and Mayfield villages within the UK and...

Virus attacking ‘most vulnerable communities’, says NCF

More than 4,000 UK care home residents may have died from Covid-19 before Monday 13 April, figures from the National Care Forum (NCF) have revealed. An...

Tunstall Healthcare secures funding to support growth

Tunstall Healthcare has secured additional funding as part of a recapitalisation and debt restructure as it continues its transition to a software solutions-focused business. Barings...

Inspired Villages receives green light for £215m development

Legal & General’s later living business Inspired Villages has had plans for a 270-home retirement community accepted by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council. The £215m...

Covid-related care home deaths may have reached 5,000, says research

The number of Covid-related deaths in care homes may have reached more than 5,000, according to research carried out by LaingBuisson. A survey of 11...