Care Markets

The Local Government Ombudsman has issued its first adverse findings notice against a private care provider. Surrey-based homecare provider Help Unlimited will effectively be ‘named...

The Welsh Government has published guidance on how its £50m Intermediate Care Fund should be spent. The guidance sets out the key objectives of...

A commission set up by the King’s Fund called last month for a single ring-fenced health and social care budget to meet the needs...

Bupa has appointed Alex Cole as director of corporate affairs. She will be responsible for the company’s media relations, internal communications, sustainability, government affairs...

Former chief executive of NHS London, Dame Ruth Carnall, has joined the board of trustees at The King’s Fund. Dame Ruth has 20 years’...

Mears Group experienced a 32% growth in revenue for the year ended 31 December 2013 but both its social housing and care divisions witnessed...

Most local authorities are tightly rationing social care for the over 65s in response to budget cuts, according to research from the Nuffield Trust...

The advent of the Care Act could herald an increase in top-up funding thanks to the legislation’s provision to allow self-funder’ or own- resource’ top-ups from council-funded residents, according to new research out this month.

Mears Group experienced a 32% growth in revenue for the year ended 31 December 2013 but both its social housing and care divisions witnessed falls in their operating margins.

Partnerships in Care (PiC) has extended its Essex learning disability services with the addition of ten new beds in three bungalows.