Care firm cuts staff and sells head office

ACORNISH care home company has confirmed it is reducing the number of people under its care, making staff redundant – and selling off its head office.

Cornwall Care Ltd, which has 16 care homes across the county, said the company is facing difficulties recruiting carers.

As a result, it is scaling down its care operation, just days after Royal Cornwall Hospital announced a ‘care crisis’ of bed and staff shortages across all NHS services.

A spokesperson for Cornwall Care confirmed the company, as a result, is making a “small number” of redundancies to make its operation “leaner” and more “streamline”.

The exact number has not been revealed to the WMN but the company spokesperson promised that “frontline” staff - carers themselves are not affected.

They further said that the decision was made partly due to a reduction in the number of people it is looking after, leading to a drop in income when things are getting more expensive.

As well as fewer staff employed and fewer people being cared for Cornwall Care is also selling its Truro head office.

The building, at Truro Business Park, will be sold off with the company adopting what it calls a “hybrid working model” for staff who worked there. The Cornwall Care spokesperson said: “Like many other organisations in our sector, Cornwall Care is facing a range of unprecedented challenges.

“Recruitment is proving difficult and, with fewer carers available, we are having to reduce the number of residents we can safely look after.

“That has led to a significant drop in income at a time when costs have been increasing.

“To streamline our operational processes and make them leaner, we are sadly having to make a small number of redundancies.

“Frontline staff are not affected. We will also be selling our administration building at Truro Business Park and adopting a hybrid working model.”

This latest news also comes just months after another care company, Surrey-based Achieve Together, pulled out entirely from the area after a string of poor inspection reports.