InProgess: the latest care developments

Barchester Barchester Healthcare has started work on a 70-bed care home in Lichfield (pictured). Providing residential care for older people and those with dementia care for...

Planning approval: avoiding the legal pitfalls

Decisions by the Planning Appeal Inspectorate care often deliver a swerve-ball . Tom Barton, associate at Trowers & Hamlins LLP, investigates The recent decision by...

Investing in care homes

Kenneth MacKenzie, of Target Advisers, gives his view on the state of play in residential care facilites The UK's elderly care sector continues to see...

We need care funding to be fair to providers

Care England head Professor Martin Green examines the implications of Budget 2017 The Chancellor's announcement of an extra £2bn going into the social care system...

The price of sleep-in on the job

Ahead of a planned judicial review challenging HMRC's interpretation on the law on sleep-ins, Emma Burrows, partner at Trowers & Hamlins, examines the issue...

Property prospects

Knight Frank's head of healthcare Julian Evans gives the real estate perspective on the major deals and developments in healthcare and what the future...

Private payers bolster value of UK care home market

The private pay care home market has grown to represent almost half of the total value of independent care home places in the UK,...

Four Seasons exploring sale options for THG

Four Seasons is reported to have appointed advisors to sell its mental health division The Huntercombe Group (THG). The heavily indebted care home operator called...

Poorest quality care homes in the north west finds Independent Age

Analysis of Care Quality Commission (CQC) ratings of care homes in England by campaigning charity Independent Age has found the north west has the...

Sodexo snaps up Prestige to ‘significantly expand’ its UK homecare offering

French service provider Sodexo has acquired live-in homecare provider Prestige Nursing + Care for an undisclosed sum. It is hoped that the addition of...