CQC staff begin work to rule over pay dispute
Hundreds of Care Quality Commission (CQC) staff have started work to rule in a dispute over pay.
Employees, who belong to Unison, including inspectors of...
Trial to help prevent care home residents falling begins
A device to help prevent older people falling by playing them messages from family and friends is being trialled in care homes, with equipment...
‘Small fraction’ of financial support spent on care staff
Government support helped avert financial crisis in the care home sector during the pandemic, but it remains unclear if all emergency funding went to...
Adlington Management Services adds communities to portfolio
Adlington Management Services (AMS) has taken on six more retirement communities, in addition to the half-dozen it already manages.
The management arm of Adlington Retirement...
Ambient Support to open supported living accommodation in Norwich
National charity Ambient Support is opening supported living accommodation in Norwich, Norfolk, as it continues to grow its services.
With a focus on building life...
RVG’s ‘urban’ developments to be launched under Thrive Living brand
Plans to develop 40 ‘urban’ communities by Retirement Villages Group (RVG) will be launched under a collection called Thrive Living.
As previously reported, the group...
Hallmark plans to develop £28m care home in Cardiff
Hallmark Care Homes has exchanged contracts on a 1.79-acre site in Cardiff to develop an 80-bed, residential, nursing and dementia setting.
The proposed £28m project...
Care home manager fined £40,000 following CQC prosecution
A care home manager has been ordered to pay more than £55,000 after pleading guilty to two offences of failing to provide safe care...
Delayed implementation of LPS ‘deeply’ disappointing
Implementation of Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) have been delayed, as the government prioritises plans to reform the care sector.
Announced in a letter to stakeholders,...
Review urges ‘change of culture’ to make ICSs effective
Social care needs to be a ‘national priority for investment and workforce development’ to enable effective integrated working.
An independent review into integrated care systems...
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