Silverlake Care to expand Coniston Court
Silverlake Care is expanding Coniston Court in Ashdown Forest, East Sussex, adding a 10-bed wing for residential care.
The project, part of a wider £100,000...
Lifeways replaces paper-based care plans with Nourish
Supported living provider Lifeways is replacing its paper-based care plans with electronic management system Nourish.
An NHS-assured supplier of social care technology, Nourish is being...
Provider refuses to refund care costs following investigation
A care provider has refused to refund a man’s estate after the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman found it put too restrictive care...
My Care Consultant launches hub for adult social care advice
My Care Consultant has launched a ‘one-stop-shop’ for clients of financial advice firms who need information about adult social care.
My Care Hub will offer...
Anchor improves energy performance of homes
Anchor has upgraded the energy performance of 23 properties in Durham after securing money from the social housing decarbonisation fund (SHDF) wave 2.
The project...
Care agency workers ‘being taken advantage of’
Social care and NHS agency staff have reported being offered pay under the £11.44 per hour minimum wage in the first week of April,...
‘Short delay’ in assessing integrated care systems
A ‘short delay’ has been agreed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Department of Health and Social Care in assessing integrated care systems...
CHA excludes membership to organisations involving tax havens
The Children’s Homes Association (CHA) has amended its membership criteria to exclude organisations that involve tax havens.
CHA has more than 300 members of varying...
Concerns over care service sustainability, survey reveals
Some care providers in Scotland rely totally on staff from overseas, posing ‘significant risks’ to service sustainability.
A survey by Scottish Care, the representative body...
Challenges persist to reward care workers with more experience
Care workers with five or more years of experience are paid just eight pence per hour more on average than staff that are new...
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