Care Markets

London local authority has been penalised by the Local Government Ombudsman after the council ignored the family’s choice of care home.The complaint centered on...

A new draft of the fundamental standards for care providers could see the Care Quality Commission (CQC) given the power to prosecute operators without...

Leicester city council’s plan to introduce a fostering service for its elderly residents has been criticised by the local branch of Age UK. The scheme, which is operated by Shared Lives Plus and regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), will see elderly people live with local families who are paid to care for them. Leicestershire Age UK told the Leicester Mercury that the scheme should be approached with a degree of caution as it would involve placing potentially vulnerable people in homes with strangers. However, assistant city mayor for adult social care, Rita Patel, argued: It's not suitable for everybody but for people who want to be in a family environment, who want to be taken care of on an individual basis, it's a fantastic scheme.’

High-end extra care village provider LifeCare Residences reported revenues of £14.4m for the year ended 31 March 2013, an increase of 39% on the previous year’s £10.4m. The vast majority of this income came from property leases (£11.9m) with the remainder generated through care services.

The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) fourth report into the Mental Health Act reported that access to crisis care in hospitals remained inadequate, with some...

AIM listed health and community care property company Ashley House, which has diversified from GP and community health premises into extra care developments in...

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and how they should be used under the Mental Health Act are still not fully understood or implemented consistently across health and social care services according to the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Financial services group Legal & General has entered the care home property sector buying 13 facilities from Prestbury Investments for just over £70m.Currently leased...

Mental health patients are set to be able to choose where they receive care following measures announced last month by Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, or rather re-iterated, since the main measures were first announced a year ago

Growth in the care home sector is likely to remain at the same pace as 2013, with transactional activity concentrated at the top and...