A project involving a local college which enhances the skills of frontline social care workers has proved so successful that…
2023 May
This year’s Mental Health Week, organised by the Mental Health Foundation, a UK charity whose mission is “to help people…
The operator of Birchwood care home in Chesham has committed to a programme of improvements following a recent Care Quality…
Extra government scrutiny on employers who hire visa-holding migrant care workers has made the recruitment process more expensive and difficult,…
Avery Healthcare has launched a pre-bookable respite care service to help families better plan their rest breaks and holidays. The…
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has revealed its plans to create an internationally recognised set of standards for the…
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated a care home in Buckinghamshire as ‘inadequate’ and placed it into special measures…
Following UK Allergy Awareness Week, meals provider Apetito has commissioned a study which shows that 28% of care home residents…
Independent health think tank the Nuffield Trust and charitable organisation the Health Foundation, working together as QualityWatch, have published a…
The Outstanding Society director, Ruth French, on how to make sure you’re not on the CQC’s naughty list. There used…