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Self-funded fee rates jump as cost-pressures bite, analysis shows

Self-funded fee rates for nursing care across the country have grown by an average 9.6% to £1,329, with the North West (15.9%) and South...

Local children’s homes and specialist foster carers required, report finds

Additional local children’s homes, foster carers and support for families should be provided so more teenagers get the care they need. Publishing its final report,...

Four Seasons agrees £70m loan with H/2 Capital

Four Seasons Health Care announced this morning that H/2 Capital Partners is to provide up to £70m in funding to help the care home...

Housing 21 posts growing surplus despite reliance on agency use

Housing 21 has introduced an academy that will provide a career path for care workers with ambitions to progress to management level, as it...
Target delivers portfolio diversification with investments

Target REIT raises £94m in share issue

Target Healthcare REIT has raised £94m after it issued more than 87 million new shares. The shares were issued at a price of 108p. Malcolm Naish,...

Demand for homecare helps drive up results at Care South

Enquiries and admissions are returning to more ‘normalised levels’ at Care South, as it reverses the decline in occupancy levels caused by the pandemic. Homes...

Designing for dementia

Evidence suggests a physically active lifestyle can have a significant impact on the wellbeing of people living with dementia. For those in the earlier...

Carterwood launches care home trading data platform

Care home analysts Carterwood has launched an online platform that provides up-to-date occupancy, fee, funding mix, and staff cost data. Carterwood Collab aims to offer...

Advinia acquires 11 Scottish care homes in Bupa deal

The 22 former Bupa care homes acquired by Advinia Health Care in a February have been named, bringing the provider’s portfolio from 16 UK...

ICSs not addressing ‘longstanding tension’ between health and care

Integrated care systems (ICSs) may not make a difference to patients unless government gets ‘a grip’ of the current health and social care crisis,...