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Profitability declines across the care home spectrum
Profit margins have declined in residential care, nursing and specialist care homes, according to Colliers International’s Healthcare Market Review.
The most noticeable drop was in...
Southend recruits Pepper the robot
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has become the first local authority to buy social robot Pepper under an academic licence.
Pepper, who made an appearance at LaingBuisson’s...
Acquisitions perform ahead of expectations for CareTech
With the performance of acquisitions made in the past few years performed ahead of expectations, CareTech told its shareholders in a pre-close trading statement that...
Knight Frank bolsters its healthcare team
Knight Frank has recruited Mark Tyler as a partner within its healthcare team and Kimishka Naidoo as an analyst.
Tyler is expected to focus mainly...
Private pay strategy proves profitable for Barchester
Barchester has recorded a 5.3% rise in revenues for the year ended 31 December 2016 from £535.6m to £563.9m. This rise was driven by...
Councils are spending more for less finds NHS Digital
Local authority spending on adult social care rose by 3.3% in 2016/17 - the first time expenditure has risen in real terms since 2009/10....
Losses increase as Tracscare grows
In the first full year following its acquisition of Brookdale, Tracscare reported a 28.6% rise in revenues for the year ended 31 March 2017...
Brocklebank takes over from Padgham at UKHCA
Trevor Brocklebank, founder of Home Instead Senior Care, has been appointed chair of the UK Homecare Association (UKHCA), replacing Mike Padgham, who is stepping...
Older care an affordable vision?
William Laing explains the thinking behind his recent White Paper designed to pitch a new vision of affordable long term care
Readers of LaingBuisson’s latest...
Post-Brexit world
Colin Angel of UKHCA looks at the possible impacts of leaving the European Union
The UK’s negotiations for exiting the European Union have dominated news...
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