INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Softworks workforce management tools
Running a care home is demanding. Balancing staff rotas, time and attendance, HR tasks, and payroll often takes valuable hours each week. Softworks helps make this easier. Our workforce management tools support care homes by saving time, reducing admin errors, and improving staff experience. Our focus is to give organisations the technology and insights they […]
Stay inspection-ready with MOA Benchmarking’s CQC compliance suite
The CQC’s new consultation, “Improving how we assess and rate providers,” marks a major shift in how quality will be judged across health and social care. A key theme – the reintroduction of rating characteristics – signals a move towards greater specificity in how providers are expected to meet expectations. This clarity is welcome. Providers […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Green Earth Supplies
At Green Earth Supplies Ltd, we help care homes across the UK reduce heating costs and carbon emissions through our proven, energy-saving heating solution — trusted by NHS Trusts, housing associations, and hospitality groups nationwide. Our innovative technology improves the performance of existing heating systems, delivering up to 15% savings on energy bills while maintaining consistent warmth and comfort […]
Simple scheduling and staff management with Planday
Planday is the simple workforce management platform that’s making life easier for managers and staff alike. Scheduling, communication, time tracking and more are all made simpler with Planday’s all-in-one solution. For staff members, visibility of upcoming shifts – plus any open shifts that are available – has never been easier in our simple, user-friendly app. […]
Join the NW Hearts Charity’s Excellence in Heart Care Celebration!
Do you know somebody who has gone over and above in heart care? Perhaps a colleague or friend has had to perform life saving skills in a heart emergency. Have you received great heart care as a patient or are you a relative of somebody who has? Would you like to join us to celebrate […]
Bath Fitter: Bath renovation will never be the same
Imagine transforming a bathroom in as little as one day. That’s the power of Bath Fitter. Our bath-over-bath process means work is completed in as little as one day. Not only that, our innovative process means no demolition mess, which allows customers to have their space back up and operational in as little as one […]
The end of overseas recruitment in the care sector: What you need to know
By Emma Brooksbank, Partner at Freeths Overseas workers make up a significant portion of staff in the Care Sector but that is coming to an end. The Government’s new immigration rules which came into effect on 22 July have ended the overseas recruitment of care workers. The aim is to bring all care sector recruitment […]
Building a future for the care workforce
By Ruth Mabika, Operations Director & Co-founder, S&P Care Services The adult social care workforce in the UK is facing an unprecedented crisis. Years of underfunding, increased care complexity, and burnout among staff have resulted in a large number of job vacancies and a high turnover rate, which are spreading providers thin. Brexit and more recent […]
Paragon Skills: More than training! Building stronger teams in care…
At Paragon Skills, we don’t just deliver training, we help you build a better business. We’re proud to be a national, Ofsted-rated ‘Good’ training provider, partnering with over 3,000 employers across England. Our mission? To provide award-winning apprenticeships, expert-led commercial courses, and fully free recruitment services that make a real difference especially in the care […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Treethorpe professional genealogists and forensic researchers
At Treethorpe, we specialise in tracing next of kin and administering estates, services that are particularly valuable to Care Providers when a resident passes away with no known family or Will. With over a decade of experience, we support care teams by removing the legal and administrative burden during a sensitive time. We help locate […]