Audley makes £200m mid-market investment

Audley is to invest £200m in new retirement villages aimed at mid-market customers over the next five years. Mayfield Villages has been launched to meet...

Apex acquires Prime Care from Centra

Apex Care has acquired fellow domiciliary care provider Prime Care from Centra Care and Support (part of Circle Housing Group) for an undisclosed sum....

Shares in Cambian nosedive after disappointing results

Shares in specialist care operator Cambian dropped by 10% last month after it posted disappointing results for the year ended 31 December 2015.Revenue was...

Roots of recovery for Four Seasons after annus horribilis

Small signs of recovery appear to be emerging for Four Seasons Health Care after a terrible 2015, including an increase in care home occupancy...

Almost all councils introduce social care precept

Figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) show that almost all councils decided to introduce the social care precept last month. Of...

Children struggling to access MH services

Analysis of children and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) by think-tank Centre Forum has found that almost a quarter of those referred by GPs...

MH issues not identified for children in care

A significant number of local authorities and health services are failing to identify children entering care who have mental health issues, the House of...

More needs to be done to improve access to MH services

While progress has been made in accessing mental health services and waiting times by the Department of Health (DH) and NHS England, much remains...

New developments

The Orders of St John Care Trust has laid the foundation stone for a 64-bed care home in Gloucestershire. The Lakes Care Centre in South...

Butterworth joins Cambian board

Cambian Group has appointed Mike Butterworth as an independent non-executive director and member of its audit & risk committee, remuneration committee and nominations committee.He...