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Extra care housing for over 55s
Not-for-profit provider Rapport Housing & Care is to build 235 over-55s homes in Kent.
The properties will be within extra...
CareTech strikes deal to buy Cambian for up to £372m
Social care operator CareTech Holdings has agreed to buy children’s services provider Cambian Group in a deal worth up to £372m.
The enlarged group will...
Care home occupancy lower than thought
Deven Pamben takes a closer look at some of the findings in LaingBuisson’s Care Homes for Older People
Data collated and analysed by LaingBuisson shows...
CBI calls for ‘dynamic system’ to meet healthcare pressures
More training places need to be made available to help match workforce requirements in the healthcare sector, reducing the reliance on international workers.
A report...
Treating providers as partners
Partner at Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP Matthew Wort focuses on the importance of collaboration to ensuring the delivery of high-quality care
With many challenges facing...
Sleep-ins the Mencap decision
Trowers & Hamlins LLP partner Emma Burrows examines the appeal court’s judgement on sleep-ins
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake...
Pensioners willing to downsize, survey reveals
More than four million pensioners would consider downsizing, the latest retirement confidence index from McCarthy & Stone has revealed.
The annual snapshot, which is produced...
Access to funded domiciliary care declining, says report
The number of people receiving local authority funded domiciliary care has been in steady decline since 2009 putting more pressure on the duties of...
Turnover dips at Mears Group
Housing and care provider Mears Group has reported an 8% fall in turnover to £435.3m (2017: £470.8m) for the first six months of the...
Cash boost for supported and specialised housing
Thousands of homes designed for people needing extra support will be built over the next three years, the government has announced.
Supported and specialised housing...
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