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Parkland invests in Inverness care home

Parklands Care Homes is investing £11 million on a new flagship care home at Milton ...

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Property

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Foundation Partners and Deer Capital acquire Hartford Care

Foundation Partners Asset Management and Deer Capital have acquired Hartford Care Homes for more than ...

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Property

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Right at Home franchise owner takes on third territory

Home care company Right at Home’s Guildford and Farnham franchise is expanding the area it ...

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Business

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Learning disability and autism leaders revealed

Not-for-profit support provider Dimensions has announced the members of its Learning Disability and Autism Leaders ...

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Specialist Care

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MPs and peers call for government action on continence services

MPs and peers have joined forces to call on the government to take action on ...

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Clinical

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CareTech Foundation reports on charitable activities

The CareTech Foundation has released its annual report and impact report for the fiscal year ...

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Wellbeing

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Blueleaf Care moves to new premises

Care home supplier Blueleaf Care has relocating its head office and Southern distribution hub and ...

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Property

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McCarthy Stone launches Dorset retirement village

McCarthy Stone, a developer and manager of retirement communities, has launched a retirement village in ...

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Property

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Lack of engagement with private providers put staff at risk during Covid, says union

A lack of engagement between private care providers and unions put care staff at risk ...

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Staffing

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Walfinch launches home care service in Ealing and Uxbridge

Franchisees Billy and Suky Sidhu have launched a Walfinch home care service in Ealing and ...

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Business

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Nominations open for the 26th National Care Awards

Nominations are open for the 26th National Care Awards organised by Caring Times. This year’s awards ...

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Business

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Ombudsman finds evidence company failed to provide adequately trained carers

An Ombudsman investigation has found evidence a company failed to provide adequately trained live-in carers.

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Regulation & Inspection

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New Glasgow care home to open this autumn

Elderly and specialist care company Meallmore is on course to open Kelvinside Manor in the ...

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Property

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Oakland secures approval for sustainable care home in Hertfordshire

Councillors in Hertfordshire have approved Oakland Care's plans for a highly sustainable care home.

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Property

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Marstead Living secures finance for retirement village

Marstead Living has secured mortgage finance from Federated Hermes Private Credit to buy an 18-acre ...

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Property

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National Care Group announces waste management partnership

National Care Group (NCG) is partnering with resource management consultancies, Click Waste, part of the ...

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Specialist Care

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Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves visits Voyage Care

Shadow chancellor and Leeds West MP Rachel Reeves has visited Summerfield Court, one of Voyage ...

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Specialist Care

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Council considers plans to close up to 11 care homes

Derbyshire County Council is to consider plans to close up to 11 care homes and ...

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Property

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HC-One care homes mark Global Intergenerational Week

HC-One care homes are celebrating all things intergenerational to mark Global Intergenerational Week.

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Wellbeing

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Over 3,400 care homes receive spring Covid jabs

Over 3,400 care homes have received spring Covid vaccinations in the first week of the ...

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Clinical

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Marathon man makes plans for Nigel

A Taylor Wimpey site manager is dedicating his London Marathon run this Sunday to a ...

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Wellbeing

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Morrison Community Care Group acquires Surrey care home site

Morrison Community Care Group has acquired a development site with planning permission for an 81-bedroom ...

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Property

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Ombudsman finds fault with care provider over complaint handling

Greensleeves Care has been asked to apologise and pay £100 after the ombudsman found fault ...

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Regulation & Inspection

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Nexus Care Services celebrates perfect score on reviews website

Nexus Care Services is celebrating a perfect score on home care review website Homecare.co.uk.

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Business

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Care home coffee afternoon raises £400 for hospice

A Wiltshire care home a coffee afternoon has helped raise almost £400 for Dorothy House ...

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Wellbeing

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Vivant partners with medical treatment provider Annomo Health

High end home care services provider Vivant has formed a strategic partnership with medical treatment ...

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Clinical

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Scottish government provides £9.2m funding to support independent living

Over £9.2 million is being given to third-sector organisations in Scotland over the next three ...

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Policy & Politics

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National campaign supports unpaid carers

GoodOaks Homecare has launched a new campaign to support the nation’s struggling unpaid carers.

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Wellbeing

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Exemplar Health Care begins work on West Yorkshire care home

Exemplar Health Care has begun work on transforming a former care home into a complex ...

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Property

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CSGT 2024 proves the care sector really does have talent!

On Tuesday 16 April, at the Coventry Building Society Arena, eight finalists from across the ...

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Wellbeing

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New manager for Goole care home

Social care company HICA Group has appointed Ed Robinson as manager at Prospect House in ...

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People moves

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Supreme Court backs care worker suspended after strike action

The Supreme Court has backed a care worker after she claimed she was unfairly treated ...

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Legal

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Potential modern slavery victims rise 30% in care sector

The number of potential victims of modern slavery in the care sector rose by 30% ...

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Staffing

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Two management appointments at Cheshire home

New Care has appointed Jo Hassey as deputy manager and Bobby Head as head of ...

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People moves

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Care home staff and residents need ‘family’ bonds to thrive

Care home residents receive better care when they enjoy ‘family’ bonds with staff, according to ...

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Research

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Agincare acquires two Somerset Care homes

Agincare has confirmed it has exchanged contracts to acquire two Somerset Care homes previously threatened ...

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Property

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Delayed discharge taking up to one in three hospital beds

Liberal Democrats leader Ed Davey has warned of a “national emergency” caused by the “social ...

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Policy & Politics

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HC-One becomes first care home provider to achieve nursing gold standard

HC-One has become the first care home provider to achieve a national gold standard for ...

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Staffing

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Care home fined £37k after resident falls from first floor window

A Liverpool care home has been fined £37,000 after failing to protect a resident who ...

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Legal

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Government launches health and social care duty of candour review

A call for evidence has been launched by the government to capture and consider views ...

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Policy & Politics

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Cheshire home sold to first-time buyer

A first-time buyer has purchased Norton Lodge, a residential care home for the elderly in ...

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Property

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HC-One welcomes MP to Fife care home

MP for North East Fife and Liberal Democrat chief whip and spokesperson for work and ...

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Policy & Politics

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Caring Homes Group joins VIVALDI Social Care Study

Caring Homes Group has joined a national project designed to measure levels of common infections ...

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Clinical

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HC-One cites rising costs in posting £63m loss

HC-One has cited rising inflation and pressure on publicly funded fees after posting a £63 ...

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Finance

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Elevation completes two care home transactions with Torwood

Elevation Healthcare Properties has acquired Abbey Wood Lodge, a 60-bed, purpose-built care home in Ormskirk, ...

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Business

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Government announces death certificate reforms

Medical examiners are to scrutinise causes of death in a revamp of death certificates announced ...

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Policy & Politics

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Silverlake Care to add new wing to East Sussex care home

Silverlake Care is adding a new, state-of-the-art, 10-bed wing to Coniston Court care home in ...

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Property

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ICO publishes guidance to improve health and social care transparency

New guidance has been published by the Information Commissioner’s Officer (ICO) to improve health and ...

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Regulation & Inspection

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RMBI Care Co opens dementia friendly café in Bournemouth

RMBI Care Co has launched a dementia friendly café to serve the local community in ...

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Dementia Care

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HC-One care home receives top review rating for sixth consecutive year

HC-One Scotland’s Mugdock House Care Home in Glasgow has received a 10 out of 10 ...

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Business

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Beatles book brings back joy of reading for people with dementia

A pioneering book concept developed with Alzheimer’s Society has been designed to bring back the ...

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Dementia Care

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Care UK reinvents work experience offer

Care UK is piloting an improved work experience opportunity as part of its commitment to ...

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Staffing

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Care worker suspended after twisting resident’s finger

An Aberdeen care worker has been given a six months’ suspension order for poking a ...

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Regulation & Inspection

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Dorset care home donates to local food bank

Residents at a Poole Care home have prepared and hand delivered 30 packed lunches to ...

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Wellbeing

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Spring Covid-19 vaccinations rolled out to care homes

Residents at care homes for older adults will begin receiving spring Covid-19 vaccinations on Monday.

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Clinical

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Care sector set to display talent

Excitement is building in the run up to the 2024 final of Care Sector’s Got ...

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Wellbeing

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Connected Caring wins contract to support unpaid carers

Connected Caring has won a three-year contract to support an estimated 16,000 carers in South ...

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Wellbeing

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Meallmore care home opens therapeutic sensory room

Meallmore’s St Modans care home in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire has opened a therapeutic sensory room to ...

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Technology

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Aurem Care appoints regional director

Aurem Care, a care provider for older people, has appointed Daryl Martin as regional director ...

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People moves

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Study reveals emotional impact of pandemic on care home staff

A Lancaster University study has revealed the emotional impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on care ...

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Staffing

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CareTech reports significant progress on sustainability targets

CareTech has set out its sustainability achievements in its third annual Purpose Report.

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Business

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SureCare targets 30 new franchises in 30th year

Home care provider SureCare has set its sights on adding 30 new franchises as it ...

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Business

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Planning consent granted for Oakland Care home

RDT Architects has announced planning consent for a new Oakland Care, 75-bed care home in ...

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Property

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Wallacea Living reveals £3m two-bedroom penthouses

Wallacea Living has revealed its debut two-bedroom penthouses at its integrated retirement living community (IRC) ...

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Property

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Experienced auditor joins Skills for Care board

Skills for Care, the strategic workforce development and planning body for adult social care in ...

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Policy & Politics

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Families win legal challenge to care home closure

Families with relatives at a Cheltenham care homes have celebrated after mounting a successful legal ...

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Legal

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Nostalgic recipe collection takes residents down memory lane

Care UK, has created a collection of nostalgic recipes covering the 1950s to today with ...

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Catering

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Aria Care celebrates 1st anniversary

Award winning care group, Aria Care, is celebrating major milestones achieved in its first 12 ...

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Business

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Exemplar Health Care begins work on West Yorkshire care home

Exemplar Health Care has begun work on transforming a former care home into a new ...

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Property

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Anavo buys five Scottish care homes

Care provider Anavo Group has acquired five Scottish care homes which it has managed since ...

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Business

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McCarthy Stone appoints chief financial officer

McCarthy Stone, a developer and manager of retirement communities, has appointed Jo Bennett as chief ...

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Property

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Ambient Support team raises £5.5k in London half marathon

A team of nine runners representing Ambient Support have raised £5.5k for life changing technology.

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Business

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Anchor improves energy performance of Durham homes

Anchor has improved the energy performance of 23 homes in Hawkshead Court in Newton Aycliffe, ...

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Property

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Log My Care secures £3m funding to expand learning disability support

Digital care platform Log My Care has secured £3 million from investor Mercia Ventures to ...

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Technology

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Outcry over crackdown on carers’ overpayments

Campaigners are up in arms after thousands of unpaid carers have been faced with prosecution ...

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Policy & Politics

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Most families wait for health crisis before making care home decision

More than half (57%) of UK adults surveyed by a dementia care provider said they ...

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Business

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Funding failed to cover closing care home’s running costs

Mencap has said it is closing a Surrey care home because its funding has failed ...

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Property

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New management team at Sale facility

Michaela O’Brien and Octavia Ndlovu have been appointed as home manager and deputy home manager ...

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People moves

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HC-One celebrates Excellent rating for Dundee care home

Staff and residents at HC-One’s Balcarres Care Home in Dundee are celebrating after receiving the ...

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Regulation & Inspection

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NACC to help care homes celebrate D-Day 80th anniversary

The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) is to help care homes celebrate this year’s ...

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Catering

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Barchester celebrates health and safety honours

Barchester Healthcare is celebrating after being recognised for demonstrating high health and safety standards.

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Business

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New law protecting care home visiting rights comes into force

New legislation protecting the rights of families to visit care homes has come into force.

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Policy & Politics

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Just 12% of unpaid carers understand new Carer’s Leave Act

A mere 12% of England’s unpaid carers have a “good understanding” of the provisions entailed ...

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Policy & Politics

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Hallmark Luxury Care Homes opens £22m Eastbourne home

Over 150 guests, including Mayor Councillor Candy Vaughan, were invited to the official opening of ...

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Property

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Unpaid carers to be entitled to five days leave

Unpaid carers for a person with long-term care needs will be entitled to up to ...

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Legal

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Social care minister plants tree at Anchor care home

Social care minister and MP for Faversham and Kent, Helen Whately, has planted a tree ...

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Policy & Politics

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Nursing home pledges ‘immediate improvement’ after Inadequate rating

A Yorkshire nursing home has said it has put a robust action plan in place ...

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Regulation & Inspection

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Providers warn of loss of overseas workers due to increased red tape

Campaigners have warned that a loss of overseas workers due to increased red tape could ...

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Staffing

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Lower Meadow embraces Holi celebration

Residents and staff at Runwood Homes’ Lower Meadow care home in Stratford-upon-Avon celebrated with a ...

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Wellbeing

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Senior appointments for Fulcrum Care

Care home management consultancy Fulcrum Care has appointed Becky Garnett-Buchma as managing director and Kelly Brosnan ...

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People moves

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Chief Nurse Team Award for Suffolk Care Home

Stowlangtoft Hall Nursing Home in Bury St Edmunds received a Chief Nurse Award in recognition ...

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Training

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Anchor gains A+ credit rating with stable outlook

S&P Global Ratings has issued an A+ credit rating with a stable outlook for Anchor.

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Finance

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Grassroots group aims to tackle domiciliary care worker challenges

A grassroots support network for home care workers has been launched to help tackle recruitment ...

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Staffing

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Ashberry Healthcare acquires Wolverhampton care home

Ashberry Healthcare, a boutique care provider focused on small community living, has acquired Engelberg Care ...

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Business

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Care homes last in queue for PPE during Covid, Inquiry told

Care homes were the last in the queue for PPE during the pandemic, the Scottish ...

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Policy & Politics

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New resource helps care homes build creativity into every day

A new arts and creativity resource has been launched to help care homes build creativity ...

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Wellbeing

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Macc Care celebrates being rated top mid-sized care group

Macc Care group has celebrated being rated one of the top mid-sized care groups in ...

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Business

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Ombudsman finds home care visits were ‘frequently short’

A care provider has been asked to apologise and pay £200 after a family member ...

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Regulation & Inspection

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Championing Social Care set to launch as stand-alone charity

Championing Social Care, which aims to promote, celebrate and unite the care sector, has applied ...

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Associations

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Minehead home appoints manager

Minehead Nursing and Residential Home in Somerset has appointed Louise Heppenstall as its new home ...

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People moves