As part of a modernisation programme for Companies House the government issued its final White Paper on Corporate Transparency and Register Reform at the end of February 2022.

The reform will include some significant changes to statutory filing requirements, including profit and loss accounts for small and micro entities.

Hazlewoods Partner, Rachael Anstee, shares her thoughts on the Research & Developments (R&D) tax credit regime whereby tax claimants claim tax relief via a regime that was introduced for Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the year 2000, referring to ‘innovative projects in science and technology’ with the regime under the spotlight in the Spring Statement 2022. 

Fulcrum Care have appointed renowned care sector leader Karen Johnson as their new Head of Quality Assurance, with the promise of future service announcements by the care home consultancy service.

Karen will head up Fulcrum’s quality assurance team and support the continued growth in the business by implementing a new ground-breaking extension of services to clients.

With the combined impact of BREXIT, Covid, geopolitical impact, tax rises and inflation, April brings with it a ‘chill’ in the air!  So how can the charity and not for profit arms of the social care sector rise to the challenge?

The Care Quality Commission has set out a new strategy for a more data-driven approach in health and care sector regulation.

The change intends to make the CQC a smarter regulator, but care home owners will need to be prepared for new systems coming into place.

The Institute of Health and Social Care Management (IHSCM) has launched its People Plan for Social Care in the House of Lords, after initial discussions dating back to August 2021.

The Plan aims to bolster the public understanding of the social care sector, maintaining momentum which started with the pandemic.

Carterwood have recently launched their latest planning research for the elderly care home and housing with care sectors.

Attendance allowance is an often overlooked source of funds.   If you or someone you know is aged 65 or over and has developed a need for care and support that has existed for 6 months or longer, and whose care and support is not fully funded by the NHS then additional income which is non means tested and non taxable could be available.

Nourish and Atlas eMAR have been integration partners since 2020.

In March 2022, Nourish introduced the Client Profile Sharing addition to the Atlas integration. This unique integration will mean when updating profiles of people supported in Nourish, the information will automatically synchronise in Atlas, reducing error risk and eliminating duplication of effort.  

Social-Abilities MD, John Ramsay, has written an article for Care and Nursing Essentials, about how technology can help save the dementia care system.  Read it here...

Livingbridge, one of the UK’s leading mid-market private equity investors, is pleased to announce its partnership with Nourish Care Systems (Nourish), a leading provider of digital care planning software to the UK social care sector.

Livingbridge’s investment will enable Nourish to further develop its best-in-class platform, continue to innovate in the use of data to improve care outcomes and broaden the care settings Nourish can support to positively impact as many lives of those in care as possible.