Providers predict fall in profits

More than half of care home providers expected their profits to fall in the next three years and only 15% are projecting a rise,...

Whitehead swaps Allied Healthcare for Exemplar

John Whitehead has left Allied Healthcare, where he was interim managing director, to become chief financial officer at Exemplar Healthcare, which provides nurse-led residential...

Apposite acquires Swanton Care

Apposite Capital has acquired specialist care operator Swanton Care & Community for an undisclosed sum. Swanton operates 24 care homes for adults with complex learning...

CQC slams independent mental health providers’ use of locked rehab

A far-reaching report on the state of mental health services in England published today by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has raised concerns over...

Facing the future

Care England head Professor Martin Green looks at the post-election social care landscape There is much written about the choices people have when it...

Uplift in usual costs does little more than cover NLW impact

LaingBuisson head of research Eleni Giatsi explains the key findings of CM’s annual survey of usual costs. According to CM’s Annual Survey of UK Local...

InProgress: the latest care developments

Carterwood has sold two sites in Oxford and Shipston-on-Stour on behalf of long-term client, Frontier Estates. Hamberley Developments purchased the Oxford site, while independent first-time...

City & County acquires Constance Care

City & County Healthcare has acquired fellow homecare provider Constance Care in a bid to strengthen its presence in Scotland. This latest purchase is City...

Going on Trust

In his first column for CM, Colin Angel of UKHCA examines the Trusted Assessor role in hospitals Solving the problem of people who remain stuck...

CM meets… Margaret Willcox

The new ADASS president talks commissioning, political agendas and the direction she plans to take the body during her tenure CM How did you...