System failing children with SEND, report finds

Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are not getting the help they should, with local authorities coming under growing financial pressure as...

Justin Skiver appointed to new Welltower role

Justin Skiver has been named senior vice president (SVP) - global head of seniors housing at Welltower.  Skiver has been with the company since 2009...

Voyage Care sells 40 properties to Triple Point

Voyage Care is selling a portfolio of 40 supported living properties to Triple Point Social Housing REIT for up to £27.4m. The sale of 36...
Profits slide after tough regulatory year for Runwood Homes

Prestige continues shift towards higher acuity care

Homecare provider Prestige Nursing has continued its shift towards delivering higher acuity care, which now accounts for a third of the operator’s business. The group...

Puma Property Finance completes £9m loan for care home

The development-focused property finance business of Puma Investments has completed a £9m loan to fund a 68-bedroom care home in Cheadle, Greater Manchester. Development-led provider...

Children’s Commissioner calls for more SEND funding

Political parties are being advised to provide adequate funding for special education needs and disabilities (SEND) support, as part of a manifesto set out...
Social care organisations write to minister over mental capacity changes

DHSC to launch second phase of recruitment campaign

The Department of Health and Social Care will launch the next phase of its recruitment campaign as it continues to try and get more...

Council plans to close care homes as part of a £50m programme

A £50m modernisation programme to build five extra care facilities in South Wales could see four care homes for older people close. Rhondda Cynon Taf...
Financial strain for ‘sandwich’ generation, YouGov poll finds

Time to ‘value, respect and elevate’ care workers, inquiry finds

The identity and status of the social care workforce needs to be ‘transformed as a matter of urgency’, an inquiry has concluded. Evidence presented to...

Target to raise £50m through share placing

Target Healthcare plans to raise £50m by issuing new ordinary shares under its existing placing programme at 110.5 pence per share.  The offer price represents...