Care UK bid

Care UK plc formally announced early this month on the London Stock Exchange that it was in very early preliminary talks with a third...

Essex homes win quality accreditation

Essex county council is considering extending a quality assurance scheme to all its residential care homes following the successful completion of the accreditation system...

Gloucestershire looks to reduce delayed discharges

Gloucestershire county council's social services committee has expressed its continuing concern at the high number of people whose discharge from hospital is delayed because...

Nestor makes acquisition

Nestor Healthcare Group plc announced this month that it has purchased 51% of Carewatch Care Services Ltd for a cash consideration of £284,000.Carewatch specialises...

NHP placing

NHP, the property investment group specialising in the purchase and leaseback of mainly purpose-built care home properties announced this month that it is undertaking...

Shropshire seeks recovery of debt

Shropshire county council is threatening to take around 80 people with learning disabilities to court in an attempt to recover monies owned for attendance...

Overspend at Redbridge

Social services chiefs at the London borough of Redbridge are looking to address the problem of bed blocking in a local hospital which has...

New operator in sector

Sushil Radia, formerly with Care First (and prior to that Court Cavendish) has set up a new company - Riseway Investment Ltd.Mr Radia opted...

Tamaris acquisition

Tameng Care Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tamaris plc, announced this month that it has made a cash payment of £1.675m to Mr...

Carers

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 15 June 1998 at column 93) if the Department of Health (DoH) will be issuing...