CIC takes the lead

National health and social care charity Community Integrated Care (CIC) is set to make a multi-million pound investment over the next five years with...

£12m injection for care data collection

The Department of Health (DH) has pledged to give local authorities £11.8m to help overhaul the way social care data is collected in England...

Heavy losses for Care UK

Care UK Health and Social Care holdings reported a loss before taxation of £62.9m for the year ending 30 September 2012 – further to...

DoL applications rise again

The latest figures show the number deprivation of liberty (DoL) applications have risen for the third year running. And more than half of the...

Bupa bolsters extra care business

Bupa has bolstered its extra care portfolio with the acquisition of Richmond Care Villages for an undisclosed sum. The deal comprises the purchase of five...

Lack of dementia strategy identified

Fewer than one in ten small housing associations have a strategy in place to support dementia sufferers or older people. A survey of 88 groups...

Turnover leaps at Porthaven

Care home operator Porthaven Group experienced a 217% spike in turnover for the year ended 31 March 2013, with revenues growing from £2.3m to...

Learning disability treatment must improve says lamb

More needs to be done across health and social care to improve treatment for patients with learning disabilities, care and support minister Norman Lamb...

CareTech invests to make rent savings

In a reverse of the recent deals involving REITs (see this issue Company News Focus), operator CareTech has acquired the freeholds of two property...

New developments – August/September 2013

Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland, Edwin Poots has announced £2.5m government funding for a new Mencap centre for...