Category: Care Operators
Social care must get up off its knees and fight back against a raging tide of negativity
SOCIAL care must get up off its knees and fight back against a raging tide of negativity and spending cuts, a conference will be warned today. Mike Padgham will tell care providers that the sector, battered by damaging headlines and a lack of funding, needs to speak up for itself and remind the world what [...]
Barchester’s Chief Executive announces retirement
The Board of Barchester Healthcare has announced that its founder and Chief Executive, Mike Parsons, will be retiring from his role as Chief Executive at a date to be finalised in the next few months. Mike, who has been with the company for over 20 years will remain in his post until that point and [...]
Yorkshire care provider is amongst first to showcase its services
A Yorkshire care provider has played a key role in a new Government initiative to help people find the right type of care for their needs. St Cecilia’s care home in Scarborough is amongst the first to showcase its services on a new Department of Health website launched this week. And the new site has [...]
Norman Lamb announces online service to locate, choose & comment on care
New online information profiles that will help people to choose, compare and comment on care homes and other care services is being launched today by the Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb. The new profiles, part of the NHS Choices website, will create the most definitive online source of information on [...]
Community Integrated Care appoints new Trustees
National social care charity, Community Integrated Care, is delighted to announce the appointment of three new members to its Board of Trustees. Mike Gooddie, Philip Smyth and Peter Hay all join Community Integrated Care*, one of the UK’s largest and most successful social care charities, at an exciting and pivotal time, as the organisation [...]
Colliers comment on outlook for healthcare
OUTLOOK FOR HEALTHCARE PROPERTY SECTOR DOMINATED BY GOVERNMENT POLICY CHANGES IN 2013 Occupancy levels in the long-term elderly care sector reached their lowest levels in eight years at the beginning of 2013, according to the latest Care Homes Review from Colliers International. Occupancy rates in personal care homes and specialist care homes fell to 88.3% [...]
Gateshead care home holds colleague appreciation day
St Marks Court care home in Gateshead held a fun Colleague Appreciation Day to celebrate its members of staff. Special certificates, which were presented at an entertaining awards ceremony for the residents of St Marks Court to enjoy, were given to members of staff for various titles, including best coffee maker, most elusive and best cake [...]
25th anniversary for social care charity
National social care charity Community Integrated Care celebrates its 25th anniversary. Community Integrated Care is one of the UK’s largest social care and health care charities, supporting over 2500 people with learning disabilities, mental health concerns, autism and age-related needs, living across England and Scotland. It employs over 5000 staff and in 2012 had [...]
Rating providers for quality: a policy worth pursuing?
Independent Age response to the Nuffield Trust’s report ‘Rating providers for quality: a policy worth pursuing?’ Director of Policy, Simon Bottery, said: “We welcome the Nuffield Trust’s recognition that for too long, users of care services have struggled to find useful information on quality and choice, often turning instead to family and friends when making [...]
‘Warm Welcome’ training for care providers 19 care homes
TEAM members at all 19 care homes owned and run by south coast operator Colten Care are taking the same training to ensure a consistent approach to improving and assessing customer care. All 1,500 employees, irrespective of job role, are undergoing the in-house course in more than 50 group sessions during 2013. Once the training [...]
Local authorities to take account of actual cost of care
Homecare reps welcome Joint Committee’s call for local authorities to take account of actual cost of care. The United Kingdom Homecare Association, the professional association for homecare providers, today welcomed the report by the Joint Committee of the House of Lords and House of Commons on the Draft Care and Support Bill. The Association particularly [...]
Barchester teams up with the Woodland Trust
Local MP, Andrew Stunell, and The Mayor of Stockport, Cllr Wendy Meikle, dug deep to help staff and residents at Marple Dale care centre plant 2000 trees to create a new Woodland Trust wood in Marple, Stockport. Barchester Healthcare, a national care provider that runs Marple Dale, paired up with the Woodland Trust to be [...]
MMCG owner to compete in Peking to Paris Rally for Princes Trust
Phil Burgan owner operator of Maria Mallaband Care Group and John Wright are competing on the 2013 Peking to Paris (P2P) rally, commencing on 28th May in Beijing (Formerly Peking), and finishing in Paris on 29th June. The rally covers 13,000 km in 33 days, travelling through China, Mongolia (11 days camping in the [...]
Conference highlights need for new sustainable partnerships in care sector
Conference highlights need for new sustainable partnerships and innovation to deliver improved health and care A conference hosted by national law firm Shoosmiths at health policy think-tank the Kings Fund added to the debate about how we fund, regulate and provide a high standard of health and social care for an ever aging population. [...]
Care group secure finance package from Santander
New Bridges Care Group, the South Wales based care home provider, has secured a refinance and expansion banking package from Santander Corporate Banking to develop a new care home in Newport, South Wales. The care home will be the fourth for New Bridges Care Group, which currently operates three homes; two in Newport, and [...]
Calling all key care professionals in West Yorkshire
Care Roadshows are touring the UK with six events in 2013. Heading for the centre of the north, the second of these care industry shows will be stopping at Bradford’s Cedar Court Hotel just outside of Leeds on 16th April. This free event for care home professionals aims to inform visitors with the latest information [...]
Castlebeck goes into administration
THE FOLLOWING NOTICE was issued jointly by the Department of Health, ADASS,and the NHS Commissioning Board to ADASS members earlier today: The owners of Castlebeck have today announced that the company is going into administration. This note is to provide you with some information on the process that we expect will follow. Administrators will begin [...]
Balhousie Care Group get shaken and stirred-for charity!
Guests at the annual Balhousie Care Group charity ball will be shaken not stirred as this year’s event pays tribute to 50 years of James Bond. The glamorous evening, to be held at Fingask Castle in Rait, Perthshire, also marks the launch of Balhousie Care group’s new partnership with the Stroke Association, with all [...]
Alzheimer’s Society report is not representative of the whole care industry
The Alzheimer’s Society’s report ‘Low Expectations’, which has been widely reported in today’s press, is a stark reflection of public sentiment regarding care homes, but not fairly representative of the industry as a whole, according to leading national care provider Hill Care. Read more? CLICK HERE
CQC paints an unfair picture of homecare
A regional care group has hit back at criticism over standards of care delivered to people in their own home. The Independent Care Group (York and North Yorkshire) today said reports based on the latest findings by the Care Quality Commission painted an unfair picture of homecare. The Group’s Chair, Mike Padgham said: “Over recent [...]
Reduced T & A costs for care provider employers
Care sector employers are to benefit from a 40 per cent reduction in telephone clocking costs from UK-based Access-to-Time, providers of the uAttend Time and Attendance (T&A) system. Care providers can face difficulties in tracking hours of remotely-based employees, often across multiple locations and manually calculating those hours to payroll. But there is an easy [...]
Is there a case for a return to a care rating system?
Yourcarehome.co.uk comment on the VODG and NCF recently published discussion paper arguing the case for a return to a rating system. The Nuffield Trust has been asked by the Government to carry out an independent review of whether there should be a single summary score which indicates the quality of care in organisations providing health [...]
Campaign to create perfect environment for people with dementia
National care home operator, Elder Homes Group, has launched a campaign to create the perfect environment for dementia sufferers. As part of the care for dementia sufferers, reminiscence pictures, books and items from the past are very much key to creating a healthy environment for not only the elderly but for those suffering with dementia [...]
When care providers become accountable for serious failures
The furore surrounding the Winterbourne care home shows that when things go wrong—when terrible abuse and neglect take place—the public expect those who take the fee for providing care to be held to account. As matters stand, there is a gap in the law. Although the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act introduced in 2007 [...]
Care operators must have an online presence
Care home operators must move with the times and get an online presence. The first place most members of the public will look to locate a care home is the internet. It makes sense to build up a good profile by sending in updates to Care Industry News but you must have a contemporary site with access to email [...]
Baroness Sally Greengross welcomes report on Ageing and Older people
The residential care sector has taken a major step towards showing what older people across the UK think of their care homes. Yesterday Ipsos MORI published the report for the 2012 Your Care Rating Survey. The report sets out the development of Your Care Rating and results from the trial survey, conducted in Autumn [...]
MMCG and Tech 3 Racing Moto2 make a great team for 2013
A leading UK care home group is reinforcing its sporting connections by sponsoring a team in the 2013 Moto2 GP series. Award-winning Maria Mallaband Care Group (MMCG), which was founded by motorsport enthusiast Phil Burgan, is the new title sponsor of Tech 3 Moto2 Racing, which will compete in all 17 rounds of this [...]
Somerset care home acquired by experienced care operator
Specialist property adviser Christie + Co has sold Osborne House care home in Clevedon, north Somerset. Osborne House care home fell into administration in July 2012 and closed very shortly afterwards. Following an accelerated national marketing campaign, which resulted in huge interest and over 30 viewings in two months, the property was sold to Mr [...]
Homes, jobs and training opportunities created in £6.5m project by care provider
Much-needed homes, jobs and training opportunities are being created in Sheffield as part of an exciting £6.5 million project by Sanctuary Group. The leading housing and care provider is developing 52 apartments for over 55s as well as four energy efficient bungalows for people with mobility difficulties. A 70-strong workforce, from South Yorkshire based [...]
Ideal Care Homes open Leicesters latest care home
Leicester’s newest care home, Beaumont Hall, has opened its doors for the first time this week. The brand new, purpose built home, which is located on Beaumont Leys Lane, was visited by over 50 sector workers as well as the Lord Mayor of Leicester, Councillor Abdul Osman . Members of the caring profession were invited [...]
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