Witherslack Group posts ‘strong’ occupancy rates at sites

Witherslack Group Ltd has reported growing turnover and profitability as it increased occupancy through the development of existing sites and the opening of new...

Review calls for national strategy for improving social care quality

More consideration should be given to developing a national strategy for improving the quality of social care, a review has concluded. This is one of...

People with learning disabilities struggling to navigate online world

Too many people with learning disabilities are being left to navigate the online world without the support they need, a report by Digital Care...

MPs demand more detail on decision to end overseas recruitment

MPs have raised concern about the potential impacts of the government’s decision to end overseas recruitment of care workers as part of its efforts...

The Salvation Army to shift focus to community-based support

The Salvation Army will stop providing residential care for older people to grow its community-based support model. The church and charity, which operates 11 residential...

Horizon opens supported accommodation service in Tameside

Horizon Care and Education Group has opened a supported accommodation service in Tameside, offering round-the-clock onsite support for up to six young people. Spring Gardens...

Children’s residential care market continues to show growth

The value of the children’s residential and foster care independent sector market in England is projected to reach more than £3.8bn in 2024/25, according...

Care home investment volumes rebound across Europe

European care home investment volumes recovered in the second half of last year and into 2025, data released by real estate advisor Savills shows. Its...

Voice of social care ‘ignored or marginalised’ during pandemic

Advice provided by social care experts was often ‘ignored or marginalised’ during the pandemic, the Covid-19 inquiry chair Baroness Heather Hallett has been told. Representative...

Housing 21 completes construction work on Michaelmas Court

Housing 21 has completed construction work on Michaelmas Court in Thurston, Suffolk. Residents are due to move into the extra care scheme this summer, with...