Sandstone Care Group has acquired three Orchard Care Homes’ services in north-west England.
Target Healthcare REIT has transferred six former Orchard Care homes to new tenants.
Orchard Care Homes
A West Midlands care home previously rated Good in all areas has been given an Inadequate rating in its latest inspection.
Having overseen a radical transformation programme at Orchard Care Homes over the last 18 months, former CEO Tom Brookes has passed on the baton to Hayden Knight. CHP spoke with Tom and Hayden about the care home provider’s progress and its future goals.
The provider will pay all staff under the age of 25 at least £8.21 per hour, up to £4 more than the National Minimum Wage for young people.
Orchard Care Homes has announced that COO Hayden Knight will replace Tom Brookes as CEO as it embarks on its next phase of restructuring.
Orchard Care Homes has celebrated its shortlisting in the Leaders in Care Awards residential Innovation in Care category, sponsored by apetito.
Lofthouse Grange & Lodge has become the fourth Orchard Care Homes service in Leeds to be given an all-good rating by the CQC.
Few topics in social care are more emotive or inspire more debate than the issue of CCTVs in care homes. With campaigners calling for mandatory adoption in order to help avert care home abuse and increase care transparency, CHP takes a look at the arguments on both sides of the debate.
Some of the UK’s leading care home operators have come under fire over their links to offshore firms.
