Care Markets

Impellam Group plc has appointed Mike Ettling as a non-executive director. Mr Ettling has previously been a director of Romangate Limited and Northgatearinso Benefits...

MSI Group Ltd, the recruitment consultancy group (which has two subsidiaries MSI Recruitment Ltd and NRS Global Ltd) for the year ended 31 December...

Oasis, provider of private dental care services and a major provider to the NHS, has appointed Sir Stuart Rose as chairman. Sir Stuart Rose...

The Board of Circle Holdings has announced that Peter Cornell, independent non-executive director, stepped down from the Board with effect from close of business...

The Mental Health Foundation has appointed Jenny Edwards its new chief executive. Ms Edwards has over 20 years experience at senior level in various...

British people are worryingly unaware of how much care is likely to cost them in old age with a high proportion of people unclear that the recently proposed care fee cap will not cover their accommodation fees. A survey by the Anchor Trust and the Strategic Society Centre revealed that, of the people aware of the care fee cap (47% of those surveyed) nearly half (48%) believed that the fee cap included the cost of a room in a care home and 35% believed the cost of their food and drink would also be included.

Supported living provider Eden Care and Support Group Limited reported revenues of £18.6m for the 17 and a half month period between 18 June 2011 to 30 November 2012 (9months ended 17 June 2011: £9.5m). However, after £10.7m in cost of sales and £7.3m of administrative expenses, an operating profit of £639,000 was achieved (previous period £307,000). Interest payments of £2.6m, largely made up of interest and payments of loan notes, led to a pre-tax loss of £2m (previous period: loss £1.2m).

The government has published more detailed information on children’s care homes in an attempt, amongst other things, to stop the sexual exploitation of those living in them. Education Secretary Michael Gove said as full information as possible’ will now be published about the location, ownership and quality of children’s homes in England. He argued in the Daily Telegraph that this was necessary in order to foster transparency and public debate on the issue, as well as to improve care.

Local authorities should change how they commission homecare, ensuring workers are paid the minimum wage, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)has said after...

Outsourcing its services for people with learning difficulties is one the options being considered by Somerset county council. The local authority has launched a...