Care Markets

The Local Government Ombudsman has criticised and fined another local authority for inappropriately placing a service user and reiterated that councils will be held...

A report by the International Longevity Centre (ILC) predicted that the care workforces needs to add approximately one million workers by 2025 to respond...

Solihull council is to increase its residential and nursing home fees by more than 16% from this April in a bid to place more...

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...

Not-for-profit learning disability operator Creative Support has purchased Delos Community for an undisclosed sum. Delos provides residential care, community outreach services, supported living and...