MiHomecare focused on growth

MiHomecare Ltd reported a 4% drop in turnover to £48.4m in the year ended 31 March 2017, from £50.7m in 2016. Cost of sales at...

Boosting movement through tech

Deven Pamben looks at how technology is getting people in care settings to move more Eight partnership areas across Scotland are taking part in a...

CQC fees for homecare providers

Colin Angel slams the CQC’s new fee scheme The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has described a ‘substantial churn’ in the homecare sector, with around 500...

Orchard Street buys care home for pension fund client

Commercial property investment manager Orchard Street has bought a residential care home on behalf of a pension fund client for £14.2m. Bought from real estate...

Sleep-in crisis threatening care providers, survey concludes

More than two-thirds of care operators feel that their business is coming under threat because of the sleep-in pay crisis, a survey has revealed. Research...

Occupancy levels remain unchanged at CareTech

Occupancy levels remained unchanged at CareTech in the half year to 31 March 2018, as net capacity grew by 1.5%. The provider of specialist social...

Sunrise Senior Living to pay £2m in compensation

Sunrise Senior Living is to pay more than £2m in compensation to former residents unfairly charged upfront fees, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)...

Ashley House proceeds to construction phase of projects

Health and community care property partner Ashley House has achieved financial close on three projects and can now move on to the building phase...
Care worker’s lacking ‘collective voice’, report finds

Care work’s poor public image needs urgent attention, say MPs

Reversing the poor public image that care work has is urgently needed to help boost recruitment and retention across the sector, which is in...

CM meets… Nigel Sibley

With a career path which took in bingo halls, nightclubs and casinos before moving into elderly care, Deven Pamben meets the man who now...