> One of Britain’s largest care providers has seen a significant fall in safety standards over the past two years after being bought by Kuwait’s state fund and receiving almost £500m in funds from the British taxpayer, an i investigation can reveal.
> Voyage Care, which owns more than 280 homes and provides care for some of Britain’s most vulnerable adults was taken over in January 2022 by the Kuwaiti Investment Authority, the £700bn sovereign fund run by the oil-rich Gulf state.
> An analysis by i shows that since the takeover, 75 of its care homes have been assessed by the Care Quality Commission, with around one third seeing a drop in their performance ratings and 23 homes seeing a drop in safety standards.
> There have been allegations of abuse and unexplained bruising at some of Voyage’s homes with police being called in at one facility after a resident died from a fatal dose of medication.
Longjumping-Yak-6378 on
So we get our half a billion pounds back now right?
antbaby_machetesquad on
What you mean a foreign investment fund run purely for profit doesn’t care about the conditions of its care homes? I’m shocked. Shocked! Well, not that shocked.
Much-Tadpole-3742 on
why would rich Kuwaitis care about a load of white infidels living their last few years??
the_phet on
Why would someone from Kuwait give a shit about what kind of care we get in the UK?
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> One of Britain’s largest care providers has seen a significant fall in safety standards over the past two years after being bought by Kuwait’s state fund and receiving almost £500m in funds from the British taxpayer, an i investigation can reveal.
> Voyage Care, which owns more than 280 homes and provides care for some of Britain’s most vulnerable adults was taken over in January 2022 by the Kuwaiti Investment Authority, the £700bn sovereign fund run by the oil-rich Gulf state.
> An analysis by i shows that since the takeover, 75 of its care homes have been assessed by the Care Quality Commission, with around one third seeing a drop in their performance ratings and 23 homes seeing a drop in safety standards.
> There have been allegations of abuse and unexplained bruising at some of Voyage’s homes with police being called in at one facility after a resident died from a fatal dose of medication.
So we get our half a billion pounds back now right?
What you mean a foreign investment fund run purely for profit doesn’t care about the conditions of its care homes? I’m shocked. Shocked! Well, not that shocked.
why would rich Kuwaitis care about a load of white infidels living their last few years??
Why would someone from Kuwait give a shit about what kind of care we get in the UK?