Bupa pilots meal planning software at retirement home

Bupa has completed a pilot with a tech start-up that provides food management and meal planning for residents at one of its retirement village...

Target offloads two care homes

Target Healthcare has disposed of two care homes in Surrey and Essex for an undisclosed sum. The disposals follow offers received which combined are greater...

Costs of SEN services breaking budgets, council leaders warn

Spiralling costs of special educational needs (SEN) services could eventually ‘break’ council budgets as the number of pupils on Education, Health, and Care Plans...

New Century Care promotes Phil Smith to role of md

New Century Care has promoted Phil Smith to the role of managing director. Smith, who has taken over from Nick Yarrow, spent almost four years...

Inappropriate housing making older people feel ‘trapped’

Housing is increasingly disconnected from public transport and social infrastructure leading to people to grow old in homes that are not suited to how...

Voyage Care makes addition as revenue grows

Voyage Care has bought supported living provider Fox Elms Care Ltd in Gloucestershire for £2.4m as it continues to increase the number of people...

PrimeLife buys Springhill Care Group

PrimeLife has bought Springhill Care Group in a deal involving AEW UK Real Return Fund (RRF). The transaction involves PrimeLife selling the freehold of two...

More understanding of overheating risks in care homes needed

A plan to address the lack of understanding of overheating risks in care facilities is needed, an independent public body has warned. A Committee on...

Tech and care organisations unveil case for learning disability deal

Hft has set out a case for a deal with the government to help transform the learning disability sector and the way care is...

Planning system still failing the market

Irwin Mitchell property lawyer Carl Dyer explores the current state of the planning system We are currently seeing regular small scale improvements to the planning...