As the summer season arrives with its warm embrace, it's important to ensure your employees well-being and stay informed about the potential risks associated with excessive heat.

Buyacarehome & Ownacarehome catches up with Finch Insurance to talk about its specialist care home service across the UK.

Our Partner Citation have this great guide to help you get on top of managing sickness absences.

They are also hosting a free to attend webinar on Fundamentals of HR – key considerations for your care business on Wednesday 14th June at 10am.

In an ideal world, all care homes would be getting a ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ rating in their Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection. But in reality, this can be difficult. It doesn’t take much to fall into the ‘requires improvement’ rating, and it wouldn’t be a surprise if you were concerned – care providers are still recovering from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the general global climate right now.

The care home sector since Quarter one of 2023 is picking up speed with care homes of varying asset character approaching the marketplace leaving Buyers of care homes turning increasingly to key characteristics of ‘fit for purpose,’ ‘sustainability,’ ‘resilient past and current performance,’ ‘strong management base,’ ‘good Regulator rating,’ ‘up to date financial and management information,’ ‘below benchmark of staff turnover.’

When you are the one responsible for the Health & Safety of your people, it can be hard to know where the line stops. What if you have contractors on site? What if you’re using casual workers?