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Barchester Healthcare opened a 60-bed care home in Colchester, Essex last month.
The facility will offer nursing, residential and respite care as well as specialist...
Mears care business still facing ‘challenging’ times
In a trading update to the London Stock Exchange last month, Mears Group reported that ‘trading remains challenging’ for its care business.The directors said:...
‘Disappointing year’ for Shaw Healthcare
In what the directors described as a ‘disappointing year’, Shaw Healthcare reported a marginal rise in revenues from £87.5m to £87.8m for the year...
Homecare business hits MITIE’s profits
MITIE reported a 9.5% drop in operating profit to £58.1m for the six months ended 30 September 2015, which the directors said largely reflected...
Slight rise in Four Seasons’ fortunes
While the third quarter of 2015 saw a slight recovery in the fortunes of Four Seasons Health Care, it was still not sufficient to...
Introduction of living wage to cost £387m per year – JRF
The National Living Wage (NLW) will affect at least 50% of care home workers when it is introduced in April 2016, according to new...
Aurelius Group acquires Allied Healthcare for £19m
After almost a year on the market, pan-European investor Aurelius Group has acquired Allied Healthcare, the UK’s largest domiciliary care provider, for £19m.Under the...
Surge in social care complaints to LGO
The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has reported an 18% increase in complaints and enquiries about adult social care in the past year.
In 2014/15 LGO...
Access for mental health patients must improve – IMHSA
Independent mental health providers are calling on NHS England to take decisive action on payment and service integration to make parity of esteem a...
Osborne leaves councils to plug social care funding gap
The care sector was left largely disappointed by the contents of George Osborne’s Spending Review last month.
In terms of plugging the funding gap for...
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