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Care home partners with specialist provider to offer rehab service

Ben Obese-Jecty, Conservative MP for Huntingdon, cuts a ribbon to launch the scheme Luxury care ...

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Camelot Care acquires Devon care home

Family-run business Camelot Care has acquired Deer Park Care Home in Holsworthy.

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Care provider develops AI assistant to improve compliance and boost outcomes

A care provider has developed an AI assistant which aims to improve compliance and outcomes, ...

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Curo Care Group acquires four new homes in the Northwest

Care home operator, Curo Care Group, has purchased two care homes in Stockport, Greater Manchester, ...

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New white paper sets out ‘low-cost, high-impact’ solutions to fix social care

The white paper outlines seven key recommendations to guide the focus and reforms needed in ...

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Barchester’s Charitable Foundation appoints Hamblen as a trustee

Barchester’s Charitable Foundation has appointed Helen Hamblen as a trustee to its board.

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‘It’s got to be deliverable’, says Starmer on delayed social care charging reform

The Prime Minister insisted that the long-delayed £86,000 cap on care costs will be in ...

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Milewood appoints business development director

Intellectual disabilities care provider Milewood Healthcare has appointed Anthony Miller as director of business development ...

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DARZI REPORT: ‘Impossible to fix NHS without high-quality social care,’ says Vic Rayner

With a new report published today on the health of the National Health Service (NHS), ...

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CALL FOR SPEAKERS: Will YOU speak at next Caring Times Owners Club?

CTOC invites care business owners to a day of quality content and networking, followed by ...

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Wales gets cabinet overhaul, including new health minister

'The changes I am announcing today offer stability, draw on experience, and bring our collective ...

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Home care operator organises open day

Kingsley Home Care’s latest branch, in Aylsham, Norfolk, marked its opening with an information open ...

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London care home to be redeveloped

RM Design Group has achieved planning permission for an amended 70-bedroom care home and wellness ...

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Care Managers Show rebrands to Care Management Show

The shift signifies a renewed focus on collaboration, innovation and comprehensive patient-management strategies.

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‘Councils on the brink’ as Unison warns of £4bn shortfall

New figures, based on information from local authorities, show council funding is in a dire ...

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Scottish health minister visits care home resident on 100th birthday

He also met resident Myra Davidson (84) to congratulate her on achieving an NVQ qualification ...

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Trio of new appointments at Leeds care home

New Care has made a trio of senior appointments at Adel Manor Care Centre in ...

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CHD Living breaks ground on luxury care home

CHD Living, a family-owned care provider in Surrey and South London, has commenced construction on ...

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Aedifica buys four care homes for £61.5m

Healthcare real estate investment trust Aedifica has acquired four care homes with a total capacity ...

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Care sector can’t be fixed without wage rises, says trade union

Unison has also called for a credible workforce strategy and an end to the exploitation ...

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Care homes to be sold to pay off council debt

Care homes, plots of land and a swimming pool, owned by Bradford Council are being ...

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Surrey care provider marks ‘milestone’ 10-year anniversary with event

For the past decade Surrey Choices has offered a wide range of services to support ...

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Woking care home achieves highest end-of-life care recognition

A Woking care home has become one of only five UK care homes to achieve ...

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Rayner to chair Care Provider Alliance

Professor Vic Rayner chief executive of the National Care Forum has been appointed chair of ...

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Octopus Real Estate MD temporarily moves to Spain to launch Madrid office

The news marks Octopus' first step into the European market, with its Madrid office being ...

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Scottish health minister denies trying to ‘buy Oasis tickets’ in dementia meeting

The Sunday Mail claimed he made a joke about being 'Half the World Away' from ...

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Devon care home changes hands

Kennedy Sabapathy, who owns four care homes, has acquired a fifth, Glendale Court care home ...

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CQC asks for providers’ help in Kate Terroni’s latest message to sector

'We're currently on track to deliver around 5,000 assessments by the end of March 2025,' ...

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Labour explains why it scrapped Dilnot’s ‘undeliverable’ care cost cap

'We will have to ensure that we offer a national care service, along with a ...

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Labour must ‘show they mean to do something’ about care crisis, urges expert

ICG chair Mike Padgham urged the government to end 'scandal' of 1.6 million Brits living ...

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Local authority adult social care spend up £1.5bn in 2023-24

Adult social care spend was up 7% year on year, for a total of £23.3 ...

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CQC ‘prioritising care homes over home care’, claims Homecare Association

A new Homecare Association report has revealed 'critical failures' in the Care Quality Commission's regulation ...

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England makes sprinklers mandatory in care homes following Grenfell inquiry

This comes 'in response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s phase one recommendations', as revealed by ...

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Home care provider in special measures after reports of financial abuse

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has placed East Anglia Domiciliary Care Branch in special measures ...

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CQC prosecutions up 700% as fines top £5m in two years

Prosecutions of health and care providers are at their highest level ever since the introduction ...

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Skills for Care’s new push to support adult social care workforce

The 'Driving change in social care' campaign is designed to educate the sector on Skills ...

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Site acquired for Derbyshire care home development

Muller Property Group has acquired a 1.35-acre site in South Normanton, Derbyshire.

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Lincolnshire care home finds itself in ‘special measures’ as CQC rates it ‘inadequate’

This inspection was carried out in response to concerns raised with the commission about the ...

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Welsh Government pumps £6.5m into Pembroke health and care hub construction

The project had already been awarded £4.1 million of UK Levelling Up Funding bringing the ...

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‘Financially drained’ migrant nurses reveal struggle due to benefits ban

Migrant nursing staff are more than twice as likely as those educated in the UK ...

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Care England and Prosperwell introduce ‘Lunch & Learn’ sessions for care businesses

The Care Sector Lunch & Learn programme will provide free monthly sessions for care providers ...

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Cheshire care home welcomes new manager

New Care has appointed Darren Molyneux as registered home manager at Wilmslow Manor, its luxury ...

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As care worker visas drop 81%, Martin Green calls situation ‘untenable’

The shift follows Rishi Sunak's move to ban health and care workers bringing 'dependants' with ...

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National Care Group expands services in Wiltshire

Adult social care provider National Care Group has expanded its supported living services in Wiltshire ...

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Orchard Care Homes chief executive joins Care England policy board

Knight will work with Care England to identify major issues in social care and develop ...

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‘Lessons learned’ from care home fire death, as HC-One fined over £500k

The fire is thought to have started because a bed-bound resident had been left to ...

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‘Lives being destroyed’ as care worker exploitation increases 500% in three years

The Royal College of Nursing said that migrant workers are at particular risk of exploitation ...

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Scottish carer banned from profession after ‘bringing knives to work’

Michael Neilson was in the employment of Eidyn Care as a home care worker at ...

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Zephyr X secures finance for two new care homes

Property developer Zephyr X has secured £20 million in loans from Puma Property Finance to ...

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Couple acquire second Surrey care home

A couple who purchased a failing care home in Surrey in 2019 have added a ...

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Major refurbishment at Buckinghamshire care home

The Orders of St John Care Trust and Housing Solutions have begun major refurbishment of ...

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Inspectors praise ‘very good’ Falkirk care home

The Care Inspectorate (CI) report marked Care UK’s Caledonian Court as ‘very good’ and ‘good’ ...

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Kent later-living housing scheme changes hands

A joint venture between property development company Barcroft Estates and an unnamed global investment company ...

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Elizabeth Finn Homes introduces ‘progressive’ parental leave policy

The group hopes the move will help retain staff and inspire other care companies to ...

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Majority of Brits happy to pay more taxes to fix social care, research shows

Among the many suggested improvements for the sector, the public most backs the idea of ...

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Downing’s Mysa Care completes three acquisitions

Mysa Care, a care provider backed by investment manager Downing, has completed three acquisitions.

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Property

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Right at Home franchise owner retires

Julie Foote, one of Right at Home's first franchise owners, is retiring after 13 years.

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Harrogate care home opens memory suite

Hampden House, owned by social care group HICA, has opened a memory suite to support ...

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Galloway appointed manager of Felixstowe home

Healthcare Homes Group has appointed Jane Galloway as care home manager of Mill Lane Care ...

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New manager for Barking Hall

Healthcare Homes Group has appointed experienced healthcare professional Sarah Collins as the new manager of ...

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Public raises £60k to replace carer’s car destroyed in UK race riots

Nigerian student Brendan Nwabichie finished a 12-hour shift only to find his car entirely burnt ...

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Care home owners hit with £120k fine for fire safety negligence

The judge in the case described defective fire doors and a lack of detection and ...

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Shaw healthcare acquires two care homes

Cardiff-based Shaw healthcare has acquired two care homes in South Wales from specialist care charity ...

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Yorkshire NHS workers secure back pay through union negotiations

Unison successfully argued that the band two healthcare assistants had for years undertaken band three ...

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Care workers ‘targeted’ in England’s ‘far-right racist’ riots, warns CQC

It is 'completely unacceptable' that health and care workers should be 'prevented from delivering care ...

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Construction complete at extra care housing scheme

A residential care scheme designed to promote and maximise independent living has completed in London, ...

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Property

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Bridgnorth nursing home appoints manager

Oldbury Grange, a 69-bed nursing home in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, has appointed Jodie Haines as its ...

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Police notified after care home resident’s ‘toxic and fatal’ medication overdose

A coroner's report described Shahida Khan's death as 'unexplained', saying only trained staff were permitted ...

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Home Instead takes virtual dementia experience on tour

Home care provider Home Instead has partnered with training organisation Training 2 Care to take ...

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CQC confirms it is working on new handbook for providers

The handbook will address common complaints about the CQC such as poor communication and providers ...

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Lovett Care secures project finance

Care home operator Lovett Care has secured a £65 million revolving credit facility from real ...

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Home care fee rates ‘dangerously low’, warns Homecare Association

The organisation said fees are failing to keep pace with rising wages and costs, risking ...

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Home care service appoints head of governance and quality assurance

New Age Care, a Midlands-based home care service, has appointed Nav Singh as head of ...

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New complex care home opens in Telford

Exemplar Health Care, a provider of nursing care for adults with complex and high acuity ...

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Property

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iCare International sold to an existing operator

An unnamed existing operator has purchased Stockport, Greater Manchester-based care group iCare International.

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Business

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Anchor Hanover Group appoints Romeo as non-executive director

Anchor Hanover Group, a not-for-profit provider of housing and care for older people, has appointed ...

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Former Sevenoaks care home up for auction

A former care home in Sevenoaks, Kent is to be put up for sale at ...

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Guild Care appoints chief executive

Worthing social care charity Guild Care has promoted Warren Fabes to chief executive, effective 6 ...

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Housing scheme agreed for Newcastle-Under-Lyme

McCarthy Stone has exchanged contracts with Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council to proceed with a housing development ...

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Property

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Untold Living appoints chief financial officer

Later-living developer-operator Untold Living has appointed Henry Sumner as chief financial officer.

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NHS 5% pay rise ‘cannot be a one-off’, warns trade union

The pay rise will affect all NHS nursing staff on Agenda for Change (AfC) contracts ...

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People

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Florence appoints chief revenue officer

Florence, the tech start-up that connects vacant care home shifts to local nurses and carers, ...

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Buckfast-thieving carer banned from working in sector

A Scottish woman has been removed from the register of care workers after a number ...

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Care providers dominate Indeed’s list of UK’s fastest hiring companies

Second place was occupied by Health Quality Care, which Indeed claims hires 6.7 times faster ...

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How care home group is using Amazon voice tech to improve residents’ lives

Oakland Care has partnered with Vocala as part of a six-month pilot of Alexa Smart ...

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Optimo Care Group acquires CFT Care

Optimo Care Group has acquired supported living and specialist care provider CFT Care.

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Business

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Labour scraps care cost reform, accuses Tories of ‘covering up’ £22bn shortfall

By axing the long-planned cap on care costs, which had its genesis in a 2011 ...

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Finance

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REACTION: CQC’s ‘devastating approach’ as government lambasts regulator

Wes Streeting admitted the Care Quality Commission is 'not fit for purpose', something the sector ...

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BREAKING NEWS: Wes Streeting admits CQC is ‘not fit for purpose’ in wake of damning government report

'I have been stunned by the extent of the failings of the institution that is ...

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Cinnamon Care Collection to open Warwickshire home

Cinnamon Care Collection’s latest care home, Oakley Grange in Bishop’s Tachbrook, Warwickshire.

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Property

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EXCLUSIVE: UK workforce policy ‘cannot rely on immigration’, says Labour peer

Labour peer Baroness Andrews, former chair of the Adult Social Care Committee, discusses the social ...

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Avery Healthcare to open Peterborough home

Avery Healthcare's latest purpose-built care home Waterhouse Manor Care Home in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, has been ...

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Property

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Welsh health minister Eluned Morgan to become country’s first female leader

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said: 'Eluned brings with her a wealth of experience and track-record ...

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People

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Affinity Care Consortium acquires Solihull home

Affinity Care Consortium has acquired the 50-bed Silver Birches care home in Solihull in the ...

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Business

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Vshans Care acquires two care homes in Clwyd

Vshans Care has purchased two care homes in Clwyd: Bryn Marl Nursing Home in Llandudno ...

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Property

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Lovett Care appoints head of marketing

Lovett Care has appointed Melanie Phillips as head of marketing, tasked with boosting occupancy, developing ...

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Government urged to refurbish ‘outdated’ sheltered housing for older Brits

Demand comes as part of an inquiry by the All-Party Parliament Group (APPG) on Housing ...

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Untold Living to build retirement community in Shropshire

Untold Living is developing a 77-unit integrated retirement community in Newport, Shropshire.

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Care home opens second floor months early after beating occupancy targets

Jubilee House, a member of the Berkley Care Group, has consistently exceeded its occupancy targets ...

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Connaught Care Collection to open luxury care home in Hertfordshire

Connaught Care Collection is opening Meadowbrook, a new luxury care home in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

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