Like in the NHS, there is a chronic shortage of carers, with an estimated 70,000 domestic care workers leaving the sector over the last two years.

UK care homes to be banned from overseas recruitment in bid to slash migration to ‘significantly’ below 500,000. Home secretary Yvette Cooper to set out sweeping measures as Labour attempts to ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Stella Shaw left her job in the NHS in 2018 to set up a homecare agency, she found she had to ...

A care home and care agency in Kent have been placed in special measures by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following inspections. The White House in Chatham, run by Curant Care Homes Limited ...

Synergy HomeCare, a non-medical home care agency franchise, was founded in 1999 to provide respite and personal care, compassion and companionship for the elderly and disabled, and care for those ...

A care home and a care agency have been given an "inadequate" rating by inspectors. Skip to content. ... Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp us on 08081 002250.