Care Markets

Failure to plan for the long-term needs of adults with learning disabilities is increasing costs for councils according to a study by learning disability...

Care home property developer McCarthy & Stone reported increased losses for the year ending 31 August 2013 despite growing its turnover from £289.2m to...

The Department of Health (DH) has set out five new priorities for the care of people with learning disabilities in its latest response to...

Care England revealed last month that some care homes are still paying thousands of pounds for GPs to visit residents.The body, formerly the English...

Homecare provider Sevacare has announced it has been awarded five new contracts worth up to £10m.It has secured lead provider status for domiciliary care...

Barchester Healthcare has started work on its latest care home build in Deeping St James. The 60-bed development is being constructed by Larkpoint with the...

Ecclesiastical Insurance Office, the largest provider of insurance in the UK care home sector, announced that it will withdraw from the care home insurance market, with the exception of charity operated care homes. This change, which is to take place from 1 March 2014, is expected to have considerable implications both for the insurance market and for care homes.

Outsourcing company and homecare provider MITIE has been awarded a three-year, £33m facilities management contract with Four Seasons Health Care.MITIE will deliver all planned...

Clive Fenton, currently chief executive of Mount Anvil, a specialist Central London residential property developer, will take up the same post at McCarthy &...

A project to prevent older people from suffering from malnutrition was launched last month, aiming to increase diagnosis and treatment and improve care and...