Allcare Shropshire, a
domiciliary care provider based in Pontesbury, has been given the highest rating in four of the five criteria from a Care Quality Commission inspection, with an overall rating of 'outstanding'.
Grosvenor Health and Social Care has bought Rainbow Services (UK), a
domiciliary care business operating in South Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and Falkirk.
Caerphilly council commissions more than 12,000 hours of
domiciliary care a week, with support provided by in-house staff and external providers.
As part of new regulations being brought in by the Welsh Government today, providers are required to give
domiciliary care workers a choice between a zero-hours contract or otherwise after a three-month period of employment.
Today, Mr Gould offers
domiciliary care to patients across Denbighshire, Conwy, Gwynedd and Ynys Mon.
"The chronic problems afflicting the
domiciliary care sector run far deeper than zero-hours contracts," he said.
The council's in-house
domiciliary care team employs 225 people costing PS3.77m in wages alone each year, while 15 residents live in independent supported accommodation - with care provided by 36 members of staff.
We will be gathering this information using a questionnaire which will be distributed amongst the community to those currently receiving
domiciliary care services via their care providers.
Under the SPA, PSPI has conditionally agreed to sell and Embrace has conditionally agreed to acquire the Group's remaining UK business, comprising nine UK care home freeholds, office premises, a school and resource centre and
domiciliary care and related businesses (together the Wellcare Portfolio).
"What we have developed with Caring Hands is a service that will help remove the concern and confusion when deciding how to fund any
domiciliary care.
Mr Farrer said: "SureCare has traditionally been a provider of
domiciliary care services, but the care business is undergoing enormous changes and there is a need for companies such as ours to provide a much broader range of services to our customers."