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Optimo grows footprint with deal for CFT Care
Optimo Care Group has grown its portfolio with the acquisition of CFT Care Ltd. Based in Clacton, CFT is a supported living and specialist care provider that was established in 2014 by David Thompson. It has developed in the Colchester region and employs 230 staff members who deliver services to… Read more »
The Care Workers’ Charity appoints Lisa Delaney as deputy chair
Lisa Delaney has been appointed to the role of deputy chair of The Care Workers’ Charity. With over 12 years of experience in the care sector, Delaney has held various leadership roles in recruitment, hospitality and procurement. She is the UK country manager for Sensio, assisting care providers in their… Read more »
Interim report highlights CQC failings
Interim findings of an independent review of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have identified significant internal failings, which are hampering its ability to identify poor performance at hospitals, care homes and GP practices. The interim report, led by Dr Penny Dash, chair of the North West London Integrated Care Board,… Read more »
Voyage Care reports growing EBITDA as fees rise 9.5%
Fee increases helped drive up financial performance at Voyage Care as it posted growth in both revenue and underlying EBITDA despite rising costs in staffing. Chief executive Mike McKessar told an investor call the group had achieved its biggest fee increases to date. Results for the year ended 31 March… Read more »
OakNorth backs Untold Living with £26.4m loan
OakNorth has provided a £26.4m loan to integrated retirement community (IRC) developer-operator Untold Living. The loan will be used to develop a 77-unit IRC in Newport, Shropshire, which has achieved planning consent, as well as support the operations of its existing 68-apartment Chantry Court site in Westbury, Wiltshire. Untold Living,… Read more »
Construction of Cinnamon Care’s Oakley Grange completes
Construction firm Stepnell has handed over a £9.4m setting to Cinnamon Care Collection. Oakley Grange in Bishop’s Tachbrook, Warwickshire, is the fourth project completed between the two firms and will provide 66 bedrooms and five care suites. The facility will provide residential and specialist dementia care, with features including cinema… Read more »
Lifeways CEO outlines six priorities for Wes Streeting
Lifeways Group chief executive officer Andrea Kinkade has written to the secretary of state for health and social care outlining six priorities to help deliver better support to vulnerable people. Priorities cover a commitment to getting people out of hospital; urgently addressing mental ill-health; ensuring commissioners have the resources to… Read more »
Connaught Care Collection to open Meadowbrook
Connaught Care Collection plans to open its Meadowbrook care home in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, next week (Monday 29 July). Meadowbrook is part of a new range of homes from the provider, which operates on an all-inclusive model. Under a weekly fee, residents have access to an onsite hair salon, spa,… Read more »
We Care Group partners with Doctify to improve trust and transparency
We Care Group has partnered with Doctify to help improve transparency and trust across its network of homes. Doctify is a platform that captures and shares verified feedback from residents, their families and healthcare professionals. Its online system collects and distributes real-time, reviews and feedback. Through the platform, We Care… Read more »
Counting the cost of fixing the waiting list crisis
How much would it really cost to fix the waiting list crisis in the English NHS, and to what extent might the independent sector be needed? Candesic senior partner Michelle Tempest and senior engagement manager Jack Zeng have analysed the figures, and worked out how waiting lists could become a… Read more »