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...

Lilli partners with occupational therapists on monitoring technology

Homecare monitoring technology provider Lilli is supporting occupational therapists to help prepare them as they move towards using tech for more proactive care. It will...

Pilgrims’ Friend Society plans to build 72-bed care home

Pilgrims’ Friend Society has purchased land in Crawley, West Sussex, with plans to build a 72-bed care home. The site is being sold by Hazelwick...

Royal London Asset Management backs Lovett Care’s growth plans

Royal London Asset Management has acquired a site in Market Drayton, Shropshire, and will forward fund the development of a 71-bed care home in...

Worker survey aims to help shape future of care

People working across adult social care are being encouraged to complete a national government survey about their experiences of working in the sector. The survey...