Articles by ‘Hazel Phillips’

With many care homes starting to think about opening up to visitors again, it is important that operators strike the right balance between their legal responsibilities to safeguard their staff and residents and the rights of their residents and families.

We are regularly asked by operators whether they can protect their income where a resident cannot pay their full private fees until their property is sold. This may be particularly pertinent in the current climate where the property market has been slow.

While the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic creates extraordinary and unprecedented challenges for the care sector, there is increasing and considerable support from the Government designed to help providers navigate the weeks ahead.

In the current crisis, we are seeing existing care operators approached by commissioners to operate and manage empty care homes as COVID-19 units. Understandably there is enthusiasm to support this and mobilise quickly.

Buyacarehome members, Chandler & Co and RWK Goodman, have completed today on the acquisition of The Gables Residential Care Home in Hanham, Bristol, for existing operator Paul and Jacky Edwards who already own Compton View Residential Home in Yeovil. Albert Goodman advised on the financial and tax aspects of the purchase.

The Health and Social Care Team at law firm RWK Goodman has supported sellers of a Hampshire care home to Hartford Care, an established operator for an undisclosed sum.

Fran Tremeer explains why even social care providers not providing care under the NHS Standard Contract ought to comply with the DSP Toolkit.

Our Health & Social Care team is delighted to invite you to an exclusive evening with Alex Ruck Keene, barrister and a pre-eminent authority on issues around mental capacity law and policy.

Our Health & Social Care team is delighted to invite you to an exclusive evening with Alex Ruck Keene, barrister and a pre-eminent authority on issues around mental capacity law and policy.

When a company collapses, there is usually a queue of creditors hoping to get back at least some of the money owed to them. With the new rules set to change the order in which creditors are to be paid in insolvency scenarios, individuals and companies relying on insolvency proceedings to recover debts may find themselves worse off.

A South Wales-based care provider which specialises in supporting adults with autism and complex learning disabilities, has new owners. Values in Care, which was set up by managing director Geraldine Butler in 2003 to…

The sale of Ashdown House care home based in Daventry, Northamptonshire, to Knighton Care Services Ltd was arranged by DC Care, Chandler & Co and RWK Goodman, who are all members of the Buyacarehome…