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• 400 care home operators collapse in five years as cuts bite

  11-03-2019 20:08
  More than 100 fail in 2018, with firms also hit by crippling debt and rising costs, says BDOMore than 100 care home operators collapsed in 2018, taking the total over five years to more than 400 and sparking warnings that patients in homes that close down could be left with nowhere to go but hospitals.UK care home firms are buckling under the pressure of funding cuts, crippling debt and rising costs, according to research by the accountancy firm BDO. Continue reading...
  
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• Calls to increase pay for care staff-The elephant in the room is that you can be paid more for stacking shelves

  11-03-2019 10:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  Increasing the pay of social care workers in Wales so that they earn more than shelf stackers in discount supermarkets is vital to solve the massive recruitment crisis in the sector. The call from Mario Kreft MBE, the chair of Care Forum Wales, came after a campaign was launched to attract another 20,000 social care […]
  
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• Double bubble for Healthcare Homes Group at Norfolk Care Awards

  11-03-2019 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Healthcare Homes Group, which is a provider of residential, nursing and domiciliary care services, is proud to announce it has received two accolades at the prestigious Norfolk Care Awards 2019. Dean Forbes, who works at Olive House care home in Newton Flotman, was announced as the winner of the Rising Star award, while the outstanding-rated […]
  
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• Winners and losers at Lawson House Extra Care Housing Scheme

  11-03-2019 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
    Eager for the chance to show off their general knowledge, residents of Lawson House Extra Care Housing Scheme gathered in the restaurant for the weekly quiz. In their teams, residents of the Larkfield scheme were armed with their pen and paper, ready to wrestle the brainteasers, set by this week’s quizmaster. The winning team […]
  
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• Surrey care home celebrates success after latest inspection

  11-03-2019 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Staff and residents at Buxton Lodge care home in Caterham-on-the-hill, Surrey are celebrating after receiving a glowing report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) which rated the care home “Good” in all areas. The Buxton Lodge team were praised by the CQC for their “kindness and compassion”. Inspectors were impressed at how staff treated residents […]
  
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