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Is the White Paper good for the independent sector? William Laing offers his view
If implemented, the White Paper would significantly extend the role of the state in funding long term care for the English propertied middle classes.
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Southern Cross shares fall off the cliff…again
Shares in the UK’s largest elderly care provider slumped to a new 12 month low at the end of March after a pre-close update...
Cerrus Saturn enters new orbit
The Surrey-based software provider Cerrus Ltd, designer of the social care management system Saturn, has been acquired by the Aim-listed Advanced Computer Software (ACS)...
August Equity commits further £20m to homecare
Private investment group August Equity has bought the live-in carer agency Active Assistance from ISI Equity Group in a deal which will see it...
PSPI wants £25m injection
Following quick on the heels of a trading update which put performance in 2009 in line with expectations (CCMN March 2010), the listed European...
Cigna reports record dental sales
CIGNA HealthCare has reported record sales of its dental plans in 2009.Despite the recession, the insurer said sales of its plans increased by 67%...
GLP sale confirmed
The Leeds-based LNT Group has severed all ties to the healthcare business agency GLP Taylors in a move which concludes group chairman Lawrence Tomlinson’s...
CareTech builds coffers for acquisitive future
The specialist care provider CareTech Holdings has announced plans to raise £15m through a new share issue which it will used to fuel moves...
Care groups warn of ‘unacceptable’ fee levels
A number of local care bodies are armouring themselves against the threat of zero-percent fee increases in the next round of care home baseline...
Lyceum Capital continues to build Carewatch
Domiciliary care franchise network Carewatch, Britain’s second largest homecare provider, has completed a further two bolt-on acquisitions taking its delivery portfolio to 190,000 hours...
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