Vivere to develop Edinburgh site into extra care homes

Extra care developer-operator Vivere has acquired the site of Lansdowne House in Edinburgh from St George’s School and plans to create a community of...

CM meets… Rachael Dodgson

With more than 30 years of experience in the care sector, Rachael Dodgson has witnessed a lot. As chief executive officer of not-for-profit provider...

Maven Healthcare expands with a double swoop

Maven Healthcare has acquired two purpose-built sites in Lincolnshire and North Lanarkshire from Priory Group. The properties are Abbey Court in Bourne and Avondale in...

Ombudsman calls for reform of adult care complaints

Complaints should be at the heart of any reform of adult social care in England, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman as urged. Its...

Hawcombe Care adds home as part of buy-and-build strategy

Hawcombe Care has added Comberton Nursing Home in Stourbridge, West Midlands, to its portfolio as part of a buy-and-build strategy. It acquired the home from...

Closure of the care worker visa: what now?

Immigration rules for care workers are set to significantly reshape how providers approach staffing. Rebecca Tester, business immigration partner at Constantine Law, provides  advice...

Starting again

Johann van Zyl, co-founder of Fortava Healthcare, explains his vision for dementia care When I stepped down as CEO of Cornerstone Healthcare at the end...

Care home development hindered by planning delays

The UK care home development sector continues to face a complex and unpredictable planning environment, hindered by under-resourced local authorities and evolving policies. Despite Labour’s...

Titanic mistakes

Prof Martin Green, Care England chief executive officer, argues that rearranging the deck chairs is not the solution The government seems intent on using reorganisations...

MPs provide vision to help fix SEND system

MPs have called for a root and branch transformation of the way mainstream education caters to children and young people with special educational needs...