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The self-pay sector: key market trend
LaingBuisson estimates that 167,000 or 41% of older or physically disabled residents in UK care homes received no state funding (apart from universal old...
The quest for the private paying clients’ ‘Holy Grail’
Sarah Whitebloom looks at how providers are faring trying to grow their self-pay business
Self-funders...what’s not to like? Such residents not only can choose premium-cost...
News in Brief – June 2016
More than a quarter of care homes in the UK are in danger of going out of business within three years, according to BBC...
‘Radical action’ needed on delayed discharges
‘Radical action’ need to be taken in the health and social care system’s management of discharging older patients from hospital as it currently does...
Another multi-million care contract awarded
North East Essex CCG has awarded Anglian Community Enterprise (ACE) a £237m contract to provide health and social care services in patients’ homes.
The seven-year...
CQC releases its strategy for the next five years
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its strategy for 2016 to 2021, during which it intends to combine learning from 22,000 comprehensive inspections...
Precept sets dangerous precedent says SCIE chair Lord Bichard
Chair of the Social Care Institute for Excellence, Lord Michael Bichard, has warned that the introduction of the social care precept might set a...
Target raises £84m
Target Healthcare REIT has raised a further £84m to expand its care home estate following an initial placing and offer for subscription of 80m...
Four Seasons’ operational losses lessen
In what could be the start of a recovery, Elli Investments, the holding company for Four Seasons Health Care reported a drop in operational...
Downsizing hits MITIE’s homecare revenues and profits
MITIE’s healthcare division reported a 14.7% drop in revenues for the year ended 31 March 2016 as it downsized by nine homecare branches. Total...
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