Cushman & Wakefield appoints Sophia Sham as regional managing partner
Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Sophia Sham as its regional managing partner for the South West and South Wales.
Sham, who has been at the...
Oakland Care looks to cut impact on environment with solar panels
Oakland Care has partnered with Volt Group to install 340 solar panels at two of its care homes.
Woodland Grove in Loughton, Essex, will have...
Children in care sent to live over 100 miles away
More than 3,000 children in care in England have been moved to children’s and foster homes over 100 miles away from their communities.
Moves can...
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...
Sarah Palmer joins CareTech in compliance regulation role
Sarah Palmer has joined CareTech as director of compliance regulation for adults and specialist services.
Palmer is a registered nurse by background and has worked...
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...