Nurturing ambition and celebrating success
With the health and social care sector continuing to face unprecedented staffing pressures, this International Women’s Day, Dormy Care Communities founder and chief executive...
Administrators agree deal to sell Craigard care homes
Administrators of Craigard Care Ltd have agreed to sell three care homes to two separate providers.
Proposed buyers, Parklands Care Ltd and Renaissance Care Ltd,...
Bupa’s care division impacted by occupancy and workforce challenges
Underlying losses in aged care at Bupa grew year on year as challenges in the UK, Australia and New Zealand impacted performance in the...
Belong recruits Maggie Wallace as head of people
Maggie Wallace has been appointed by Belong as its head of people, with the aim of attracting, developing and retaining workers.
Wallace will be responsible...
Cornerstone recruits psychological and physical intervention trainer
Cornerstone Healthcare has appointed an in-house NAPPI (non-abusive psychological and physical intervention) trainer to work across its services.
Jonathan Spencer will be responsible for delivering...
Gold Care Homes grows portfolio with deal for Sonnet
Gold Care Homes has acquired two care homes in Bocking, Essex, growing its portfolio of properties to 29.
It has purchased Sonnet Care Homes, which...
Exploitation of care workers a key priority for abuse authority
Forced or compulsory labour is an ‘emerging threat’ in the care sector and one of the top priorities for investigators at the Gangmasters and...
Vacancies at Essex Cares Ltd prove difficult to fill
Growth in reablement services at Essex Cares Ltd (ECL) helped sustain financial performance despite reduced staffing capacity affecting some of its contracts.
Recruitment and retention...
Retirement village Shiplake Meadows set to launch in autumn
A joint venture between Galliard Homes, Probitas Developments and O’Shea is set to launch Shiplake Meadows, a six-acre integrated retirement village in Oxfordshire, in...
Marking time
Tim Read, consultant and author provides his thoughts on the government’s Stable Homes, Built on Love document
At 220 pages, three separate consultations, and at least...