Podcast: Adam Carter speaks to Gordon Hamilton

In this episode of The Wine Cellar Sessions, Carter Schwartz’s managing director Adam Carter talks to Gordon Hamilton, managing director of Alpha Helix Corporate...

McCarthy & Stone hit hard by general election and pandemic

Challenging trading conditions due to the general election and Covid-19  resulted in a 64% drop in revenue at developer and manager of retirement communities...

Reforming care and support

The sector must be kept high on the agenda, says Kathryn Smith, Social Care Institute for Excellence Since lockdown we’ve done a lot of work...

Video: Simon Parker speaks to Mark Walford

In this episode Simon Parker, founder of the care management consultancy SP&P, speaks to Mark Walford, founder and chief executive of TrustedCare. The business is...

Inefficiencies in planning for older people’s housing, says report

Nine out of ten successful planning applications for older people’s housing-with-care schemes over the past five years have not been built. Research published by Associated...
Diversification proves positive for Impact Healthcare

Impact Healthcare reports drop in occupancy among its tenants

Impact Healthcare REIT has reported an 8% fall in the number of occupied beds across its portfolio over a four-month period. In a quarterly update,...

Care workers excluded from visa list

Care workers have not been included in the list of professions that can qualify for a fast-track health and care visa under the UK’s...

Andy Tilden to leave Skills for Care

Andy Tilden will leave Skills for Care early in 2021 after 20 years supporting the adult social care workforce at the organisation. Tilden returned to...

Lessons for the future

Care England chief executive Prof Martin Green looks at the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and how the social care sector moves forward The Covid-19...

Wales: Care home operators face ‘mounting financial pressures’

Care home providers have been ‘badly let down’ during the coronavirus crisis and are facing ‘mounting financial pressures’ that could result in closures. The Senedd...