Progress made in transforming learning difficulties care

The Transforming Care Delivery Board (made up of NHS England, the Local Government Association, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, the Care...

Care cap and self-pay resident assessments delayed until 2020

The introduction of a £72,000 cap on the cost of care and the assessment of self-paying care home residents has been postponed until 2020.In...

More MH community beds needed

Many mental health patients currently being treated on adult acute wards could be treated in other settings if they were available, according to a...

Lack of funding affecting quality says Sutcliffe

The Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care has joined the ranks of sector leaders calling for national and local government to recognise the true...

Russell to direct Bield housing policy

Housing and care provider Bield has appointed Graeme Russell as interim director of housing services. He is currently senior policy manager at the Scottish...

Staff shortages holding back CQC – NAO

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has yet to recruit enough staff to carry out its work, according to a new report from the National...

Care Act reforms could further polarise the market

Going ahead with implementing the second phase of reforms contained within the Care Act would further polarise the care home market and weaken local...

News in brief

Residential care property developer Castleoak has become the first corporate supporter of extra care representative body, The Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO). Under the agreement,...

CAMHS provides opportunities for independent sectorh

Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) ‘could become a growth area’ for independent sector providers - but only if the government sticks to...

Profits down for Myriad

MHL Hold Co Limited, the holding company of Caring Homes’ owners Myriad Group, reported revenues of £151.8m for the year ended 31 March 2015,...