Care providers call for funding clarity and workforce reform

Adult social care needs a multi-year funding plan and a stabilised adult social care workforce to support providers struggling to meet rising demand, ministers told.

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Other News

Danico Care acquires 39 bed Cardiff home
Danico Care acquires 39 bed Cardiff home

Welsh firm adds second Cardiff home to portfolio

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Care Innovation Summit to focus on growth and adapting to change
Care Innovation Summit to focus on growth and adapting to change

Over 500 care provider leaders to gather in central London next month to hear examples of new approaches to improving efficiency, strengthening services and delivering better outcomes in a challenging environment.

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Dunham Care set for expansion after £15m investment
Dunham Care set for expansion after £15m investment

Property developer McGoff Group Projects to grow new care home group after the sale of previous group, New Care, to Lovett Care in 2024.

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80-bed three-storey care home to get underway on Middleton brownfield site
80-bed three-storey care home to get underway on Middleton brownfield site

Highgate Care to add new build to its 25-home portfolio across north England.

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CQC to use AI to help cut quality statements and increase inspector observation
CQC to use AI to help cut quality statements and increase inspector observation

Care show London: Chief Inspector explains why the regulator wants to streamline ‘complicated’ adult social care inspection and use AI to allow inspectors to focus on observation during visits

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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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Features

When crisis strikes: how care home leaders can respond to CQC scrutiny
When crisis strikes: how care home leaders can respond to CQC scrutiny

When serious incidents occur in a care home, regulatory scrutiny can intensify rapidly. Jenny Wilde outlines the practical steps care home leaders can take to stabilise services, engage effectively with regulators and rebuild confidence.

COVER STORY: A hygiene-first dishwashing approach to infection prevention
COVER STORY: A hygiene-first dishwashing approach to infection prevention

Hygiene protocols must be higher for people in care settings who can be more vulnerable to infection.

Why every care sector sponsor licence is now an irreplaceable asset - and what owners need to do about it
Why every care sector sponsor licence is now an irreplaceable asset - and what owners need to do about it

SPONSORED STORY: For most of the last decade, sponsor licences in adult social care were something you applied for, received, and then quietly maintained. Compliance was an HR back-office task. The Home Office occasionally audited. Most providers got on with running care homes.

Laundry: the unseen hero of care home hygiene
Laundry: the unseen hero of care home hygiene

Hannah Forbes, director of marketing and brand strategy at Forbes Professional, explores why laundry is such an important compliance frontier in social care, and how operators can keep their systems safe, compliant, and future-ready

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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SureScreen Diagnostics: safeguarding health, supporting care
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Care Roadshows - North West

Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool
12th May 2026

Care Roadshows - Midlands

Villa Park Stadium, Birmingham
14th May 2025

Care Innovation Summit

Business Design Centre, London.
11th June 2026

Care Roadshows South

Epsom Downs Racecourse, Epsom
13th October 2026

Care Roadshows Yorkshire

Elland Road Stadium, Elland Road, Beeston, Leeds, LS11 0ES
3rd November 2026

Care Roadshows Wales

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
10th November 2026