Care worker’s lacking ‘collective voice’, report finds

Half of care workers paid below real living wage, report finds  

The social care workforce crisis is ‘inextricably linked’ to low pay and poor working conditions as research reveals half of English care workers are...

Retirement units help drive positive results for ReSI

Residential Secure Income (ReSI) spent £184m on four separate transactions buying a portfolio of 2,112 retirement units across England, Wales and Scotland, its latest...

ICG chair to write to all MPs over care crisis

The chair of the Independent Care Group (ICG) plans to write to all 650 MPs calling for emergency measures to end the care crisis...

FSHC research to focus on dementia care

Four Seasons Health Care (FSHC) will help lead a year-long project that will focus on the rights of people with dementia, documenting best practice...

PM announces national roll-out of GP services in care homes

Prime Minister Theresa May has announced a national roll-out of a pilot that will see healthcare professionals assigned to care homes where they can...

Independent Age appoints Baroness Neuberger as chair

Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger will be the next chair of the board of trustees at older people’s charity Independent Age. She will take up the...

Children in care being let down, says report

Organisations are failing in their duties towards children in care amid a ‘lack of transparency’ over how much money services receive, the National Assembly’s...
Mental health service rated ‘inadequate’ by CQC

North London care home fined over sex attacker

A care home provider has been fined £300,000 for failing to protect residents from a fellow service user who had a history of sexual...

Caring for adults with learning disabilities to rise £2bn

The costs of caring for adults with learning disabilities could rise by almost £2bn by 2025, councils have warned. The increase will be fuelled by...

Target completes £13.8m care home purchase

UK-listed investor Target Healthcare has bought a purpose-built care home in Ringmer, East Sussex, for approximately £13.8m. The transaction follows a successful share placing earlier...