Care Markets

A topping out ceremony was held to celebrate the completion of the roof of Bridge House care home in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The boutique facility operated...

Care home group Meridian Heathcare Holdings reported revenues of £32.8m for the year ended 31 March 2012, an increase of 2.5% on the previous...

Care home operator Hill Care has appointed Mandy Vernon as operations director based at its head office in Chesterfield. Ms Vernon, who previously held...

Cygnet Health Care one of the largest outsourcing providers to the NHS of acute and intensive care mental health services – has noted that...

Data in the latest Care of Elderly People UK Market Survey shows that 175,000 older residents in UK independent sector care homes (43.4%) paid...

Excelcare Holdings Ltd made profits for the year ending 31 March 2012 following losses the previous year. Following a turnover of £15.1m and costs...

Former care minister Paul Burstow has called for corporate neglect to become a criminal offence following the Winterbourne View scandal (CCMn July 2011).In a...

August Equity announced last month that it had acquired Compass Services for Children Group for £18m to support the organic growth of the business. Compass,...

The proporation of delayed discharges from England’s hospitasl due to a lack of a suitable social care placement has reduced in the past 12 months. Figures for December 2012 released by the Department of Health showed that of the 107,631 total delayed transfers of care for the month, just over one quarter were attributable to the social care sector with 6.5% caused by both the NHS and the social care sector. Delays attributable to social care, howev er, have decreased by 4,624 days since December 2011 and now account for 26.6% of all delayed days, compared to 29.7% in December 2011.

Ark Healthcare Holdings Ltd, the home care and home healthcare provider, reported an increase in revenue for the year ending 31 March 2012 but...