Investor bashing needs to stop, says Care England chief executive
Private investment in social care needs to be welcomed rather than criticised if service provision is to be maintained. Speaking at the Care England Logging On conference in London yesterday (Wednesday 15 November), Professor Martin Green expressed anger at those, including the media and commentators,…
Care providers receive £784,000 to build digital future
Members of the Care Provider Alliance (CPA) have been awarded £784,000 from NHS Digital to deliver a sector-led service that will offer digital support for social care providers. From now until March 2021, CPA members will work to understand levels of digital use, while helping…
Inprogress: the latest care developments
Barchester begins build work Care operator Barchester Healthcare has started building care homes in Solihull in the West Midlands, Eastbourne in East Sussex and Sherborne in Dorset. Seddon Construction is building the Solihull home, which will have 80 beds. The 80-bed property in Eastbourne is…
Adapt or die
Independent healthcare is facing unprecedented challenges as the fall-out from Paterson and the CQC report continue, the NHS reins in spending and Brexit casts the shadow of uncertainty across the UK economy, but despite the doom and gloom, this year’s Annual Private Acute Healthcare Conference…...
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Postal workers to help tackle loneliness among older people
The Home Office will pilot a scheme with Royal Mail, private enterprise, local authorities and the voluntary sector to help identify and support older people experiencing loneliness. Postal workers will call on lonely older people who sign up to take part while on their delivery…
HCA’s cancer partnership with NHS Trust ends
HCA Healthcare UK’s seven-year oncology partnership with Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has ended through ‘mutual agreement’, according to a joint statement from HCA and the Trust. The decision means that HCA will no longer provide services at Harley Street at Queen’s in London, which…
Homecare services in Scotland worried for fate
The terms and inadequate funding levels attached to many local authority contracts in Scotland are discouraging homecare services from applying for local authority contracts, according to a study by Scottish Care. The organisation, which represents independent social care providers in Scotland, says many staff employed…...
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ResI REIT enters the housing with care market
UK-based REIT Residential Secure Income plc (ResI) has carried out its first acquisition, buying 1,341 retirement properties for £100m. The acquired portfolio is concentrated in southern England and comprises long-leasehold or freehold interests in primarily one and two bedroom modern, warden-assisted flats spread over more…...
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LifeStyle Care 2011 homes transferred to new tenants
Property consultants Knight Frank has announced that 22 former LifeStyle Care 2011 homes have been transferred to new tenants on long-term leases. Under the deal, asset manager Layland Walker, on behalf of an affiliate of Lone Star Funds, rented ten homes to Maria Mallaband Care Group, nine…...
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Care BnB
Colin Angel of UKHCA examines whether this model could work At the end of October, a pilot project in Southend-on-Sea hit news headlines, having been quickly dubbed ‘CareBnB’ for providing an on-line platform designed to recruit householders willing to provide a spare room to help…...
