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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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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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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CQC launches hunt for new CEO amid shake-up
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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Features

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

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.

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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