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B&M Care Group acquires development site
B&M Care has acquired a development site in Woking, Surrey, with planning consent for a 74-bedroom setting.
The scheme will provide en suite wet rooms...
Realise grows health and social care department
Two health and social care professionals have joined Realise as the training provider targets growth in the sector.
Kieran Baines has been appointed head of...
Homecare workers facing ‘chronic uncertainty’ over income
Headline hourly pay rates in homecare often mask unpaid travel and waiting time, with almost three-quarters of workers (72%) paid for ‘contact time’ only.
Workers...
Changing landscape
LaingBuisson’s Social Care North conference in Manchester covered various topics, including workforce, funding, technology, as well as the challenges and opportunities facing the sector....
Keys Group launches inclusion pathways for learners
Keys Group has launched a suite of trauma-informed and technology-enabled programmes to support children and young people who struggle to attend a traditional or...
CM meets… Syd Coombes
The managing director of Active Pathways and Evermore Care Homes began his career in care at the age of 16 before moving into banking...
SCIE appoints Baroness Glenys Thornton as chair-elect
Baroness Glenys Thornton has been appointed as chair-elect of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE).
She brings experience of leadership across social care, health,...
Underwriters placing emphasis on how care organisations manage risk
Insurance underwriters are looking beyond headline incident rates and placing more emphasis on how adult social care organisations manage emerging risk.
The ability to demonstrate...
Pay disparity between care workers and NHS counterparts persists
The take-home pay gap between adult social care support workers and equivalent NHS Band 3 staff has seen very little improvement over the past...
Liaise promotes Sarah Hopkins to director of quality and governance
Liaise has appointed Sarah Hopkins as its director of quality and governance, promoting her from the role of head of quality.
Hopkins, who brings over...
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