Legally speaking

TUPE and an ‘organised grouping’ By Emma Burrows, head of employment at Trowers & Hamlins Care providers are becoming more and more familiar with...

Responding to the future dementia ‘time bomb’

As David Cameron and the rest of the leaders at the G8 prepare to discuss the complex and costly issues surrounding dementia, CCMn looks...

CIC remains ‘strong’ despite deficit

Charity Community Integrated Care (CIC) remained strong in a strong financial position according to directors despite recording a deficit for the year ending 31...

Pre-tax loss for Life Style Care

Life Style Care (2010) plc, one of the Life Style Care group of companies, achieved a 13.5% increase in turnover for the year ended...

Integration projects announced

Care minister Norman Lamb announced 14 health and social care integration pilots last month. The minister revealed details of fourteen areas leading the way in delivering better joined up care. The pilot areas are Barnsley, Cheshire, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, Greenwich, Islington, Leeds, Kent, north west London, north Staffordshire, south Devon and Torbay, Southend, south Tyneside, Waltham Forest and East London and City, and Worcestershire. The fourteen ambitious initiatives are said to be blazing a trail for change by pioneering new ways of delivering coordinated care’. The pioneers have been selected by a panel of experts, including international experts drawing together global expertise and experience of how good joined up care works in practice.

Positive results for caretech as it increases capacity

CareTech, social care provider for working age adults and children, posted positive results for the year ending 31 September 2013 in a trading update. The...

Survey prompts homecare ideas

A joint homecare survey by the Department of Health and The Guardian Social Care Network has prompted new ideas for improving homecare.The ideas were...

CIC remains strong despite deficit

Charity Community Integrated Care (CIC) remained strong in a strong financial position according to directors despite recording a deficit for the year ending 31 March 2013.

Lamb pledges crackdown on short visits

Care minister Norman Lamb said last month that from next April the Care Quality Commission is proposing to look at whether home care visits...

Operating loss for Turning Point

Turning Point, the substance abuse and rehabilitation charity, reported an operating loss for the year ending 31 March 2013.Turnover for the group increased form...