More than half of care requests rejected

More than half of requests for financial support for community care services from new clients resulted in no direct support from the relevant council,...

ECL moves further into the red

Local authority trading company (LATC) Essex Cares, which operates under the ECL brand, moved further into the red in the year ended 31 March...

MMCG receives £1.6m fine

Care Home operator Maria Mallaband Care Group has been fined £1.6m by York Crown Court following the death of one of its residents. The court...

State of Care: DH response

The Department of Health has refused to comment on the Care Quality Commission's concerns about the stability of the adult social care market. A spokeswoman,...

Profits drop at Westminster Homecare

Revenues at Westminster Homecare remained stable but, like many of its peers in the domiciliary care market, its profits dropped last year. Its results...

State of Care: the reaction

The Care Quality Commission’s State of Care report highlighting the fragility of the adult social care market has been welcomed across the sector, prompting...

State of Care: sector at ‘tipping point’

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has become the latest body to warn that the adult social care market is approaching a tipping point. In...

State of Care: the key findings

As well as highlighting the fragility of the adult social care market, the Care Quality Commission’s State of Care report, published this morning, also...

Only a third of sufferers receiving MH treatment

More adults with conditions such as anxiety and depression are accessing mental health services but still only one in three were receiving treatment, according...

Bupa picks up two homes from Primetower

Bupa has acquired two care homes in Poole, Dorset from Primetower Care for an undisclosed sum. The Links care home, rated as good by the...