New developments – July 2016

The Abbeyfield Society is to open a 60-bed care home in Winnersh near Reading this month. Built by Castleoak, the specialist dementia home claims...

Static fee rates hit Hesley Holdings

Hesley Holdings Limted, the parent company of The Hesley Group, saw revenues rise from £36.8m to £38.4m for the year ended 31 December 2015....

A blueprint for the future of care home food?

Nathan Rao looks at why 3D meals could be making it onto the menu Care home menus stand to be revolutionised with the advent of...

Revenues rise but losses increase for Eden

Eden Care and Support Limited, the parent company of Eden Supported Living, reported revenues of £19.2m for the period between 1 December 2013 and...

CQC carries out first sucessful prosecution

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has brought about its first successful prosecution of a care provider since being tasked with health and safety enforcement...

CareTech goes from strength to strength

In another set of impressive results, revenues for specialist care provider CareTech were 16.6% more for the six months ended 31 March 2016 than...

Mears says market remains challenging

‘Significant disparity’ remains between short and long-term care opportunities listed homecare operator Mears Group has said in its pre-close trading statement. Its directors reported...

Precept falls far short of NLW costs – ADASS

Funds raised from the introduction of the social care precept have failed to cover the cost of implementing the National Living Wage (NLW), the...

Almost all homecare providers’ fees drop

Research conducted by the UK Home Care Association (UKHCA) has found almost all (93%) of domiciliary care providers trading with local authorities have faced...

Children’s homes review finds value for money failure

Little investment has gone into developing best practice in children’s homes and there has been a ‘signal failure’ to obtain reasonable value for money...