Impact agrees £25m credit facility

Impact Healthcare REIT has agreed a new revolving credit facility worth £25m with Clydesdale Bank. The facility will help the real estate investment trust to...

Lack of public understanding hindering social care satisfaction 

Satisfaction levels with social care services provided by local authorities continues to be far lower than with healthcare, a poll has revealed. The British Social...

LGA estimates £1bn adult social care funding gap in 2019/20

Council tax rises in the next financial year will not raise enough money to prevent further cutbacks to care, the Local Government Association (LGA)...

WeCare aims to tackle care staffing shortage

More than 20,000 care staff will be needed in Wales by 2030 if it is to keep pace with the growing demand for services...
Ageism takes toll on people’s health

Charity calls for action to remedy care standards

Poorly performing care homes should be constantly re-evaluated to help drive better performance similarly to the way failing schools are re-inspected, an older people’s...

Benefits of technology

Professor Martin Green identifies the positive influence of the digital revolution It is true to say that the 21st-century will be completely redefined by technology....
CareTech positive over fee rises

CareTech positive over fee rises

Initial discussions between CareTech and local authorities on annual fee increases have been positive, its executive chairman Farouq Sheikh has told the group’s annual...
Target delivers portfolio diversification with investments

Target delivers portfolio diversification with investments

Target Healthcare REIT invested £81.8m in development assets and care homes during the six months to 31 December 2018, as it continued to diversify...
GMB and HC-One entered into an agreement at the launch of Careforce

Parliamentary group aims to tackle care crisis

MPs Louise Haigh and Gillian Keegan will be joint chairs of a new parliamentary group on social care, which has been launched.   The All Party...
Good guidance practice issued care providers

Council at fault for moving autistic teenager

An investigation has found significant faults with the way a council moved an autistic teenager from her residential special school midway through her studies. The...