Flat year for Minster Care

Minster Care Management has reported a year of flat turnover, with revenue static at £27.8m in the year ended 31 March 2016. Cost of sales...

NAO report: Integration agenda “falling short”

A report by the National Audit Office has found that the government’s integration agenda for health and social care “at significant risk”. The findings showed...

Housing White Paper puts older and disabled people into plans

Local authorities will have to include the needs of older and disabled people in their housing plans, the government is proposing in a new...

NACC appoints new ambassadors

The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) has announced that Chris and Jayne Roberts are its new ambassadors. The NACC said the couple contribute to...

Cumbria announces care home closures

Cumbria County Council is set to close six care homes and move residents to two ‘state of the art’ facilities in Carlisle and Copeland. The...

ADASS calls for £1bn to stabilise social care

The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has urged the government to provide £1bn of emergency social care funding to councils in...

Making public pay

Sarah Whitebloom reports on how listed operators are performing in the challenging care markets Investors don’t like uncertainty, especially uncertainty over future earnings. So it...

Doing things differently

In his first column for Care Markets, Care England chief executive Professor Martin Green looks forward to what 2017 could bring. Last year was one...

CM meets…Andrew Knight

The managing director of Care UK's homes talks about narrowing its focus, sector investment and working with its private equity partners CM How did you...

Trends to watch out for in 2017

Tim Nye, partner at Trowers & Hamlins, looks at how private capital may address underlying concerns about healthcare in the coming year, and what...