Staff News - Care Home Professional

Barchester announces pay increases to take all staff above minimum wage

People Recruitment Training by Zoe Monk on February 18, 2021

Barchester Healthcare has announced that it will increase staff pay to above the National Living Wage (NLW) or the National Minimum Wage (NMW) from April. The company, which supports almost 12,000 residents across 236 homes

Minding the mental health gap: caring for staff wellbeing in the care sector

Human Resources Hygiene People Solutions by Lee Peart on January 12, 2021

Professor Martin Green OBE, Expert Advisory Council member for P&G Professional and the Chief Executive of Care England, discusses the

Care businesses see fewer staff ‘no-shows’ after switching to online rotas

Research by Carly Hacon on February 20, 2019

Half of businesses surveyed experienced saw a 'notable uplift' in attendance, following the elimination of paper-based schedules

Staff shortages prompt CQC to tell new care home in Ware it ‘requires improvement’

Best Practice Business by Zoe Monk on August 6, 2018

A new care home in Ware has been told it must improve after its first inspection by the Care Quality

Nursing shortages force closure of Greater Manchester home

Business Care home groups Care homes with nursing Compliance Funding Operators by Lee Peart on January 30, 2018

Nursing and funding shortages have forced the closure of a home in Greater Manchester. Swinton Hall Nursing Home in Salford,

Care UK makes bid to become ‘best care sector employer’

Operators by Joe Peskett on February 14, 2017

Care UK’s Residential Care Service has been shortlisted for an award acknowledging its position as one of the top care sector employers in the country for developing the skills of its teams. The fifth largest