HICA reduces its deficit

The Humberside Independent Care Association (HICA) reported revenues of £32.5m for the year ended 31 March 2013, a slight decline on the previous year’s...

Extra care fails to boost Ashley House profits

Health and community care property company Ashley House Plc has said its diversification into extra care housing is progressing well but not well enough...

L&G funds £51m LNT debt facility

Legal & General (L&G) has made further in-roads into the UK care home sector by granting the LNT Group a £51m, ten-year debt facility.The...

Legally speaking – June

The Care Act 2014 - does it herald a new era of transparency?The Care Act 2014 completed the parliamentary process and came onto the...

US-based psychiatric provider buys PiC

US-based psychiatric provider Acadia Healthcare has acquired Partnerships in Care (PiC) from its private equity owners Cinven for approximately $660m (£393m). Acadia, which is backed...

Target hits bullseye with three acquisitions

Care home investor Target Healthcare REIT Limited announced the acquisition of a portfolio of three modern, purpose-built care homes for £13.9mThe properties are located...

Better Care Fund launch delayed

The launch of the £3.8bn Better Care Fund, which would see the pooling of NHS and local authority budgets to deliver integrated health and...

Scottish intermediate care support plans

Scottish Health Secretary Alex Neil has outlined plans to identify what additional support may be needed for specialist intermediate care services. It is hoped growth...

LGA calls for five-year health and social care plan

A five-year commitment to transform health and social care funding is urgently needed to avoid the care system spiralling towards a deeper crisis, council...

Private provider complaints rise – LGO

There was a 14% increase in the number of adult social care complaints about registered private providers to the Local Government Ombudsman (LGOs) last...