Care Markets

HSCIC reports that a quarter of councils paid below £13.40 an hour for homecare in 2012/13, but a quarter paid £17.20 or above.On the...

Private homecare providers contracted by Southwark council cannot employ staff on zero hour contracts, will have to pay workers for travel time and offer...

An report by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) revealed last month that care workers could be in line for back pay totalling £340,000.The report...

An investigation revealed last month that Scottish councils’ social care departments overspent in excess of £35m in 2013.The report by The Herald Scotland revealed...

The annual State of Care report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) revealed that there were concerns on safety or staffing levels in one...

Children in care will now be able to stay with their foster families after they turn 18 following a £40m funding boost and a...

Property investor MedicX Fund reported an increased total income to £25.5m (for the year ending 30 September 2013), a considerable jump from the 2012 income of £16.6m which was outlined in restated figures. Following net realised and unrealised investment valuation movements (2013: £404,000 – 2012: £2,400 loss) and expenses of £5,317 (2012: £4,454) MedicX posted profit before tax of £20.6m, more than doubling the £9.8m posted in the previous year.

Average weekly fees for specialist care homes for people with long-term physical and learning disabilities dropped by 4.2% during the course of 2012 to...

MITIE’s homecare division continues to perform above the sector average in terms of operating margins, according to its half-yearly results. However, the projected revenues of...

A new integrated dementia service, run by a consortium of 162 GPs across 41 practices in Staffordshire, has landed the top award in the...