CQC launches hunt for new CEO amid shake-up

The Care Quality Commission is seeking its next leader as it rolls out new regulatory frameworks.

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Lovett Care to focus on southern area growth with new regional manager
Lovett Care to focus on southern area growth with new regional manager

Lovett Care has appointed Anna Ramos to a newly created role of southern regional manager ahead of first care home opening in the area.

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Care home leaders back call for national social care tariff
Care home leaders back call for national social care tariff

Former care home owner launches campaign to get ‘councils to pay the true cost of care’ and end ‘the hidden shifting of costs onto private households and care providers’.

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Nottingham care home group names local leader as nursing and development head
Nottingham care home group names local leader as nursing and development head

Church Farm Care Group appoints former home managing director Anita Astle MBE to a newly created role of nursing and development head

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Call for separate funding model for ‘later life’ adult social care
Call for separate funding model for ‘later life’ adult social care

State-funded care for older people should be paid for via a new social insurance scheme – dubbed the Later Life Care Fund – according to an independent think tank

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Developer Barwood ‘expands UK care sector exposure’ with 64-bed scheme acquisition
Developer Barwood ‘expands UK care sector exposure’ with 64-bed scheme acquisition

A 1.2-acre Gloucestershire site has been acquired by developer Barwood Capital ahead of seeking planning permission to construct a 64-bed care home.

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Adult social care: What the latest data reveals about who receives care
Adult social care: What the latest data reveals about who receives care

The proportion of adults receiving local authority-funded care in residential and nursing homes has continued to fall as the number supported to stay at home has risen, according to the latest official figures.

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Features

Baths and ceiling hoists: building dignity into design
Baths and ceiling hoists: building dignity into design

Dave Hyde, project manager at Medaco, explains the importance of integrating fittings such as assisted baths and ceiling hoists into the earliest stages of care home design

Is the UK care home model dementia friendly?
Is the UK care home model dementia friendly?

Dementia has moved from the margins of public debate to the centre of the conversation as rates rise. Eilert Hinrichs analyses whether care homes are ready.

Digitisation: a transformative journey
Digitisation: a transformative journey

Annick Guirate, software trainer consultant at Leecare solutions, discusses digitisation and pioneering technology in health and social care and the practical implications, challenges, and opportunities these innovations create for providers and the people they support

Refurbishment with a Signature touch
Refurbishment with a Signature touch

Last year, luxury provider Signature Care Homes unveiled an extensive £7.5m refurbishment programme across several of its mature homes. Signature invited former The Care Home Environment editor Matt Seex to visit Signature at Banstead and sit down for a chat with CEO Rob Martin about the programme and the provider’s future plans

Products

Lakeland Dairies launches new report, The Care Kitchen Reset, revealing concerning data on the delivery of nutrition in care homes
Lakeland Dairies launches new report, The Care Kitchen Reset, revealing concerning data on the delivery of nutrition in care homes

SPONSORED STORY: A new report from leading dairy co-operative Lakeland Dairies, supported by Consultant Dietitian Rachael Masters (MSc, BSc), reveals the care sector at a tipping point, with nearly three quarters (74%) of operators concerned about...

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Take part in a quick survey about care home furniture
Take part in a quick survey about care home furniture

SPONSORED CONTENT: One of The Care Home Environment Magazine's partners would like to invite you to participate in a quick survey about care home furniture.

To complete this survey, you must have been involved in considering the purchase of...

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White Oaks launches specialist procurement service
White Oaks launches specialist procurement service

White Oaks, the senior living division of Compass Group UK & Ireland, has launched its specialist procurement service, Catering Procurement Plus.

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apetito launches free catering costs tool
apetito launches free catering costs tool

To bring much-needed clarity to the real costs of care home catering in today’s challenging climate, defined by ongoing staffing pressures, unstable energy prices, and increasing waste regulations, apetito has launched a new tool that brings all...

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