Care news

• CQC issues warning about care home staff working with Covid

  28-01-2021 17:09
  
  Regulator for England and Wales dealing with cases that allegedly have put lives of residents at riskCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCare watchdogs are investigating concerns staff with Covid have been working with care home residents as operators said absence levels are as high as 70% owing to sickness and self-isolation, increasing pressure to get staff back to work.The Care Quality Commission has ordered several councils to investigate allegations about the p
  
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• Cornwall Care appoints new Chair

  28-01-2021 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  An experienced strategic healthcare leader has taken on the role of chairperson for the Charity, Cornwall Care Limited (CCL) Board.Sally Taylor was chief executive of St Luke’s Hospice in Plymouth for nearly 22 years and is the current vice chair of Torbay and South Devon NHS Trust. A qualified chartered accountant, Sally’s impressive list of achievements include establishing new services, leading successful bids, increasing fundraisi
  
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• Not-for-profit care provider completes purchase of Wirral Waters site

  28-01-2021 08:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Not-for-profit care provider, Belong, has successfully completed the purchase of land for its first waterside care village within Peel Land and Property’s (Peel L&P) Wirral Waters scheme, in a move that will enable building work to commence on the £15 million development later this year.Belong was granted planning permission for the site by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in 2019 and this latest milestone will see the dementia specialist care operator going out to tender for
  
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