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  • Rated Good

    The Commission for Social Care Inspection inspect and rate every registered care home in England - as well as every agency that provides care for others.  The website provides access to inspection reports on every facility in England - both announced inspections and unannounced inspections. It is our...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-29-2008

  • Alton Centre, Active Care and Southern Cross - an update

    A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Alton Centre, a home in Northamptonshire run by Active Care - a subsidiary of Southern Cross Healthcare who were reported to be suffering from financial difficulties earlier in the year. Today the appeal against the loss of the registration is being appealed and Community...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-05-2008

  • Active Care? Another tale of Southern Cross

    I write a few months ago about the difficulties faced by Southern Cross Healthcare but a quick recap a) They are the largest private operator of residential and nursing care in the UK b) Big financial problems c) Some disparate concerns about quality of care and treatment of staff in homes that they...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-16-2008

  • .. I shall wear purple

    The BBC reported yesterday about a Care Home, Woodland House in St Austell, Cornwall that has a wonderful sounding ‘Make a Wish’ initiative. Residents of the home are asked about dreams and goals for the future and in a worthy endeavour the home seeks to carry them out. So… A 90-year...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-09-2008

  • Trouble at Southern Cross

    Both The Times and The Guardian reported that Southern Cross Healthcare Group have been launched into some kind of financial crisis following the failure to repay a loan of some £46 million. Times are getting harder and a lot of firms are failing - but Southern Cross are the largest provider and operator...
    Posted to Fighting Monsters (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-02-2008
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