Barchester drops interest in BetterCare

Barchester Healthcare, the care provider owned by Irish tycoons John Magnier, JP McManus and Dermot Desmond, has dropped its interest in Northern Ireland's care...

Lincolnshire provider appoints new director

Home From Home Care Ltd, providers of care for people with learning difficulties, has announced the appointment of Julie Heron as care director in...

CSCI RIP as government changes social care landscape once again

Social services professionals have questioned the government's wisdom in its decision to scrap the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) just weeks from its...

Birmingham picks extra care plan

Birmingham city council has announced plans to replace residential homes across the area with extra care developments in a move that councillors say marks...

Housing associations make their mark on extra care projects

Housing associations have been celebrating their partnerships with local authorities following a swath of successful bids for round two of the Department of Health's...

Care costs creep up at Tyneside

South Tyneside metropolitan borough council has defended its decision to raise charges for community social care by explaining that the additional funding is crucial...

£2m loan funds domiciliary expansion

Birmingham-based domiciliary care provider Claimar Care has secured £2m of funding from the Bank of Scotland in order to continue a number of expansion...

Ashbourne expands with exclusive deal for Ridgmont

In a move that will temporarily scupper the ambitions of market giants Four Seasons and Southern Cross, and their respective equity investor owners Allianz...

The Butler won’t do it

The country's longest serving director of social services, Hampshire's Terry Butler, has said that he will be leaving the council within 12 months following...

Construction underway on first of 12 new homes for West Sussex

Building has begun in Ifield, Crawley, on the first in a series of 12 new care homes across West Sussex under a partnership between...