Care Markets

Chief executive officer of Phoenix Energy Holdings Peter Dixon has been appointed to the board of Four Seasons Health Care as a non- executive...

Excessive paperwork for care home staff is undermining care according to a report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF).The report showed that, due...

Devon county council is now considering closing most of its remaining directly-run care homes and becoming solely a commissioner of care from the independent sector. Currently the local authority contracts 85% of its care home places from the private sector, paying on average £504 a week for residential care in private care homes in 2012/13, according to the Health and Social Care Information Service, compared to an average of £970 per week in its own homes.

The UK Homecare Association (UKHCA) has calculated that councils need to be paying a minimum of £15.19 per hour in order to pay domiciliary...

Residents and trade unions in Bracknell, Berkshire, protested last month at plans by the council to outsource its social care services.Localberkshire.co.uk reported that residents...

AIM-listed recruitment agency and homecare provider Servoca has reported revenues of £43m for the year ended 30 September 2013, an increase of 1.3% to...

The Scottish Parliament passed into law reforms to its health and social care services last month in a move that it expected to lead...

South Coast Nursing Homes reported a turnover of £11.9m for the year ending 31 October 2013, an increase on the £9.5m recorded in 2012.Costs...

Doncaster city council is consulting on the proposed closure of all its council-run care homes and some drop in centres in order to save...

The Orders of St John Care Trust (OSJCT) received a £50,000 grant from the Burdett Trust last month to fund a one-year evaluation project...