Aedifica to extend nine care homes in £10m deal

Belgian healthcare real estate company Aedifica has signed agreements with Burlington Care and Maria Mallaband Care Group to extend nine care homes for more...

Bupa fined £123,000 for care and treatment failures

Bupa has been fined for failing to provide safe care and treatment after two incidents at West Ridings Care Home in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The...

Morrison Community Care Group secures £6.6m finance

Morrison Community Care Group has secured £6.6m of finance from Allied Irish Bank (GB) for a care home in Troon, Ayrshire.   Queens View Luxury...

Tony Hunter to stand down as SCIE chief executive

Tony Hunter is to stand down as chief executive of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) on 31 March 2020 after six years...

Acadia considers splitting Priory Group

The parent company of Priory Group is considering splitting the health and social care provider into two parts. Private equity firm CapVest is among investors...

Development of ‘care robots’ receives more than £30m investment

A research programme that could help develop ‘care robots’ has been launched with £34m of government investment. With one in seven people in the UK...

Care work the biggest night occupation, research shows

Care staff account for most night workers in the UK with 432,000 employees, research has found. This was followed by nurses and midwives (232,000) and...
CareTech positive over fee rises

CareTech meeting market expectations following Cambian deal

Trading performance at CareTech is in line with market expectations, the group has announced ahead of its full-year trading update in December. The update said...

Inadequate provision in local plans for older people’s housing, says research

Research has revealed 45% of councils have neither a clear older people accommodation policy nor site allocations for their ageing populations. Analysis by Irwin Mitchell,...

Talks ongoing after Four Seasons sale ‘terminated’

The conditional sale of Four Seasons Health Care to H/2 Capital Partners has been ‘terminated due to certain conditions’ not being met. In an announcement...