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Social care complaints not being used to improve sector
Councils are lacking a consistent approach and not making the most of the opportunities to learn from annual complaint reports about social care.
Reports focused...
Guild Living acquires third development site
Legal & General’s operator and developer of urban later living accommodation has bought a 2.5-acre town centre site in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
The site is the...
Audley Group in joint venture with Schroders and Octopus
Audley Group has formed a joint venture (JV) with the real estate arms of Schroders and Octopus Group to fund the development of four...
Councils overspend on children’s services by more than £750m
Councils overspent on their children’s social care budgets by more than £750m last year because of funding shortages and demand pressures, local government leaders...
London councils facing £540m adult social care shortfall
Adult social care in London faces a £540m shortfall in funding by 2025, a study by the capital’s councils have found.
London Councils, which represents...
Target buys care homes for £18.6m
Target Healthcare REIT has bought two care homes for £18.6m.
The homes, which were bought from Bluebrick Healthcare, have been let on 35-year leases with...
Over-prescribing of medicines putting care home residents at risk
Older people are being put at risk due to the amounts of medication they are prescribed and the resulting side effects.
Age UK said nearly...
Rising social care demands placing ‘intolerable’ burden on councils
A decade of cuts and increasing pressures on ‘safety net’ services - particularly social care - has gutted non-essential council provision including transport, housing...
Hospices receive funding boost
Hospices and palliative care services will receive £25m to help improve the quality of end of life care.
The money, which has been provided by...
Number of children with a learning disability locked up rises
NHS Digital data has shown that 2,270 people with a learning disability or autism remained locked away in inpatient units in July, of which...
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