CQC’s regulatory platform ‘salvageable’ but requires rebuilding
Most of the benefits expected to be delivered as part of the Care Quality Commission (CQC)’s digital transformation programme – at a cost of...
HC-One invests over £20m in staff pay
HC-One is investing over £20m in staff pay and conditions this year, with the majority of colleagues across its care homes earning the real...
AFG invests £5.9m to meet RLW for frontline workers
Alternative Futures Group (AFG) is investing £5.9m to improve pay to meet the real living wage (RLW) for its frontline workers and a further...
Providers tell council they could be ‘forced to withdraw’ from contracts
Twelve homecare providers have threatened to withdraw services in Leeds unless the city council reconsiders its proposed 1.6% uplift to its hourly rate for...
Wales seals bill to end private profit in children’s care
Care for looked after children in Wales will only be provided by the public sector, charitable or not-for-profit organisations after the country legislated to...
Overseas workers in Yorkshire receive funded training
Realise has secured backing from Yorkshire Learning Providers to offer training and qualification opportunities to 16 people on sponsorship visas.
Its pilot scheme allows health...
Former care provider and manager fined for failing to protect resident
A former care home provider and former manager have been ordered to pay more than £53,000 after failing to protect a resident from avoidable...
RSH investigating governance matters at Anchor
The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) is investigating Anchor Hanover Group over whether it is meeting governance standards following safety failings identified at the...
Care England begins legal action over NI increase
Care England has instructed Aston Brooke Solicitors to begin a judicial review over the rise in employers’ National Insurance contributions.
It is in response to...
Care home bed supply growth remains flat, Knight Frank data shows
Care home bed supply has ‘some way to go’ in combating any future deficit, with only 86 added in the past year, data from...
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