Care Home News

Six learning disability care homes shut by operator

04 Oct 2021

Six care homes offering learning disability services have been shutdown by care provider Sussex Health Care. All residents at the care homes have been transferred to new homes. Care workers have either.....

'Get out and get another job' Sajid Javid tells unjabbed care workers

04 Oct 2021

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has told care workers to have two doses of the Covid vaccine or ‘get out and get another job’. Mr Javid also said he will not extend the 11 November deadline for care home workers.....

Three in four care home workers say staffing pressures will worsen due to mandatory vaccines

01 Oct 2021

Nearly three-quarters of care home staff believe staffing pressures in their care homes will deteriorate further as a direct result of the government’s requirement for staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to new research. The.....

Care home provider ordered to pay nearly £500,000 after resident suffers 'life changing injuries'

01 Oct 2021

Lifeways Community Care Limited, which operated a now-closed Alstone House in Cheltenham, has been ordered to pay £495,170 at Cirencester Magistrates’ Court after a resident suffered 'life-changing' injuries during an attack by another.....