Care Markets

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

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 of 21st century patients and service users. The interim report from the five-strong commission, chaired by Kate Barker, says that England should move towards a single, ring-fenced budget for health and social care, with services singly commissioned and entitlements more closely aligned. With the NHS and social care now under significant financial strain, the report presents hard choices about how to pay for fairer entitlements and ensure adequate funding to meet future needs. The independent commission was set up by The King's Fund to re-examine the post-war settlement, which established separate systems for health and social care.

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 and shamed’ for failing to comply with the Ombudsman’s recommendations.

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

Four Seasons Health Care has further boosted its private pay arm by acquiring seven care homes from high-end provider Majesticare. The deal sees 358 beds...

CCMn meets Alistair How, chief executive of Eden Supported Living, and learns how it supports individuals through the care pathway.QCan you please tell the...

Bupa Group revenues have exceeded £9bn for the first time in the provident association’s history after customer numbers increased by 57%.For the group as...

The residential care home sector will continue to grow despite cuts to local authority budgets, an incredibly positive report from Grant Thornton suggests. It claims...

Mimosa Health Care Group has gone into administration after being badly affected by the difficult economic climate and falling occupancy levels, according to local...

Care housing developer McCarthy & Stone reported a 49% increase in revenues in its results for the six months ending 28 February 2014, rising...