Care providers have been requested to strengthen checks, maintenance and staff training for patient hoists and slings after the medicines’ regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) warned that preventable falls…
Read more...A care home provider has featured a former James Bond actress in a training video designed to help staff make better informed assessments about residents’…
Read more...Dementia care has been branded as “stuck in the 20th century” in a new report calling for a transformation on the scale of the progress…
Read more...The government’s review of its local government reorganisation programme must result in a ‘material change of direction’ if ministers are to avoid creating councils that…
Read more...The coalition of national voices of adult social care providers in England, the Care Provider Alliance (CPA) is delighted to welcome Rhidian Hughes, Chief Executive…
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© Guy Newman. 09.09.2026. South West Care Homes celebrate taking over Manor Court in Plymouth. L-R SWCH senior management team Gavin Reeves - Finance Director, Amanda Moreton - Operations Director, Arron Dark Manor Court manager + MD Richard White.
South West Care Homes is marking its 25th anniversary by taking over a third property in its home town of Plymouth. The company, founded in…
Read more...The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has accepted a package of remedies proposed by Welltower and Apex Healthcare Properties, bringing its investigation into a series of care home acquisitions to a close.
Read more...A Midlands care provider is celebrating after securing 12 shortlistings across three of the care sector’s leading awards.
Read more...You better beer-lieve that residents at Boroughbridge Manor care home in Boroughbridge, were more than hoppy to raise a glass, and sample some top craft ales, bitters and lagers, in celebration of National Beer Lovers’ Day.
Read more...One of the UK’s longest-established social care charities has unveiled a new identity and an ambitious strategy to increase its impact across communities nationwide. Saint…
Read more...Members of Parliament have voted down proposals to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales, drawing to a close the most sustained parliamentary effort in…
Read more...TV personality and author Lady Colin Campbell raised nearly £10,000 for a Worthing care home when she held her annual charity summer ball earlier this…
Read more...The Health and Social Care Committee has endorsed the government’s intention to hire Baroness Julia Neuberger as Chair of the Care Quality Commission (CQC). MPs have…
Read more...Scotland’s social service workforce reached its highest recorded level in 2025, with 215,890 people working across the sector. That’s according to a new Official Statistics…
Read more...Carole Darby, who volunteers at Diagrama Foundation’s Edensor Care Centre almost every day, was announced as the winner of the Volunteer category at the BBC Make a Difference Awards ceremony held at Chelmsford Theatre on Sunday 6 September 2026.
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