New developments

Housing association Riverside has signed an £80m contract to develop three extra care developments in the city. The PFI schemes are expected to provide 316...

Reduced role for independent sector under Labour’s plans

If elected in May, Labour plans to focus its energies, and finances, on fully integrating health and social care and reeling in private sector...

Four Seasons implements £40m credit agreement

Four Seasons Health Care has implemented the changes to its revised £40m corporate credit facility, which it agreed with its banks at the end...

Self-funder asessment finance cut

Funding for councils to carry out assessments for self-paying service users under the Care Act has been reduced, a Department of Health (DH) consultation...

BGS call to commission preventative support

A new guidance document from the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) is calling on commissioners to prioritise preventative support for older people when designing healthcare...

Care England manifesto

Establishing an outcomes-based system of health and social care was top of Care England’s manifesto, which it wants the next government to adopt following...

High Court rules on ‘top-ups’ in the fee setting process

In the latest judicial review concerning the setting of local authority care home fees, a High Court judge has ruled that top-up fees paid...

Concerns raised over CQC plans for ‘special measures’

The head of the National Care Forum has raised a number of concerns about the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC)plans to put care providers in...

Opportunities for providers outside hospital settings

With headlines proclaiming the increasing strains that the NHS is under, the latest research from healthcare consultancy LaingBuisson argues that there is a mass...

Reduced role for independent sector under Labour’s plans

If elected in May, Labour plans to focus its energies, and finances, on fully integrating health and social care and reeling in private sector involvement in the sector – including repealing the Health and Social Care Act 2012.