Care Markets

Service users may need to spend the equivalent of the value of their home before they reach the care cap of £72,000, Partnership has...

Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement announced a £15m funding boost for dementia. Part of the £2bn of NHS finance announced at the beginning of this...

A report published by the Transforming Care and Commissioning Steering Group, chaired by Sir Stephen Bubb, has called on NHS England to close inappropriate institutional inpatient facilities’ for people with learning disabilities and boost capacity in the community with the development of a new investment fund.

Despite many examples of bad care being highlighted in the past 12 months, the number of people receiving services in England reporting their quality...

Specialist care provider Glen Care has appointed two non-executive directors to its board. Former chief executive and strategic director of social services at Kent...

Failures in the commissioning of homecare services have been once again highlighted, this time by a committee led by former care minister Paul Burstow.Once...

Outlined below are the ten things that I believe need to happen to improve the quality of life for people with dementia living in...

Cambian has added Woodleigh Community Care to its growing portfolio of businesses, acquiring the specialist care provider for an undisclosed sum. Woodleigh provides care and...

The care sector has seen a number of acquisitions in recent months, particularly in the specialist services sector, for example Universal Health Services buying Cygnet Health Care, Acadia’s acquisition of Partnerships in Care and Cambian Groups recent purchase of Woodleigh Community Care (see this issue: Company News).

Local authority trading company Norse Care reported a marginal increase in turnover from £32.9m to £33.5m for the year ended 31 January 2014. A slight...