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    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      UK government defends handling of Covid in care homes

      Response follows report accusing former health secretary Matt Hancock of rejecting expert advice on testing

    • Monday, 14 March, 2022
      Covid care home policy a ‘devastating failure’, High Court told

      Families and lawyers attack government decision to transfer elderly and disabled from hospital

    • Monday, 6 December, 2021
      HC-One Ltd
      UK’s biggest care home chain paid £4.8m to owners while requesting state aid

      HC-One asked for support to help it through pandemic and received £18.9m from government fund

    • Wednesday, 10 November, 2021
      Social affairs
      Social care in England set to suffer as Covid jab deadline for workers looms

      Sector leaders say some homes might have to close as some 32,000 staff remain unvaccinated

    • Monday, 1 February, 2021
      UK refuses to reduce 12-week gap between care homes jabs

      Ministers stand firm despite pressure from sector and rise in infections among residents

    • Sunday, 29 November, 2020
      Hester Le Riche
      Isolation is becoming a second pandemic for the elderly

      Fast-track testing in care homes is vital to stop the damage visitor restrictions are doing

    • Wednesday, 28 October, 2020
      Coronavirus
      Scottish hospitals sent positive Covid patients into care homes

      Official public health report increases pressure on SNP over high virus death rates

    • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
      UK immigration
      Home Office rejects easing of health recruitment rules

      Migration Advisory Committee had called for loosening of post-Brexit restrictions

    • Monday, 3 August, 2020
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Britain must act now to protect the elderly

      Boris Johnson should make good on pledge to save social care system

    • Monday, 13 July, 2020
      UK immigration
      UK ministers under fire over new rules for EU care workers

      Points-based immigration means most foreign carers would not qualify for entry visas

    • Wednesday, 8 July, 2020
      Coronavirus
      Coronavirus spike forces hospital in UK PM’s constituency to close A&E

      Emergency admissions to Hillingdon hospital in London halted after number of staff test positive

    • Monday, 6 July, 2020
      Boris Johnson
      Johnson lambasted for ‘outrageous’ care home deaths comment

      Sector rejects PM’s suggestion that providers were not following procedures

    • Tuesday, 2 June, 2020
      UK housebuilding
      McCarthy & Stone reports lower coronavirus death rate in its retirement housing

      UK company urges government to boost investment in housing for elderly

    • Friday, 22 May, 2020
      Next Act
      ‘We don’t get paid for empty beds’: the crisis facing UK care home operators

      Coronavirus has piled pressure on an already struggling sector, increasing costs and hitting fees

    • Friday, 15 May, 2020
      Hancock claim of ‘protective ring’ round care homes questioned

      ONS figures show care home deaths in England and Wales could be double official toll

    • Tuesday, 28 April, 2020
      Coronavirus
      Coronavirus deaths more than twice hospital toll, data indicate

      Official death statistics for England and Wales suggest the crisis is more severe than previously thought

    • Wednesday, 15 April, 2020
      UK social care
      Families of dying in care homes to get right to say goodbye 

      Government promises procedures to limit infection during coronavirus outbreak but gives no specific measures

    • Friday, 10 April, 2020
      Camilla Cavendish
      We must break down the boundaries between NHS and social care

      The crisis is shedding light on the vital role of an unheralded army of workers

    • Wednesday, 26 February, 2020
      Q&AChart that Tells a Story
      The rising cost of care  

      Wealth gap opens up as few can afford the price of residential care

    • Sunday, 13 October, 2019
      More Four Seasons care homes at risk of closure

      Rent woes raise fears for future of thousands of elderly residents

    • Thursday, 3 October, 2019
      Four Seasons Health Care Ltd
      Troubled care home operator fails to pay landlords

      Fears for residents after Four Seasons keeps back rent without warning

    • Wednesday, 11 September, 2019
      Four Seasons to be taken over by H/2 Capital Partners

      US hedge fund to assume control of most of care home chain’s portfolio in £400m deal

    • Tuesday, 6 August, 2019
      Investments
      Infrastructure funds pour money into UK healthcare

      Private equity faces new competition from longer-term investors in social care market

    • Tuesday, 30 April, 2019
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      Decaffeinated Whitbread serves up an unappealing Brexit blend

      Skinnier hotels-only business has given bitter taste to its shares

    • Sunday, 24 February, 2019
      InterviewHow to Lead
      Anchor Hanover’s Jane Ashcroft: connecting with employees is key

      Care homes chief relies on a network of frontline workers to give honest feedback

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