Care Markets

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has ordered Fairhold Homes Ltd to stop charging the ‘large’ exit fees it levies clients which are payable...

The NHS Confederation warned last month that it cannot plug the £2bn a year funding gap for social care.

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has ordered Fairhold Homes Ltd to stop charging the large’ exit fees it levies clients which are payable when a service user sells or lets out their retirement home.

Northern Ireland’s children’s commissioner has said young people with learning disabilities face a flawed system when moving into adult services. In a review of services, Patricia Lewsley-Mooney revealed there were inconsistencies, weaknesses and gaps in existing arrangements, according to research commissioned from Queen’s University, Belfast. The report examined current law, policy and services relating to transitions and highlighted on-going difficulties with current arrangements, demonstrating that there can be a stark contrast between international child rights obligations placed upon government and the reality experienced by young people and their families in Northern Ireland.

Sevacare has made the bolt-on acquisition of fellow homecare provider Wales-based Prompt Care, which has branches in Newport, Cardiff, Torfaen and Rhondda Cynon Taff....

Doctors say more hospices, care homes and other end-of-life facilities are needed to support people with long-term degenerative conditions such as dementia. Writing in the...

Government watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is considering moving towards regulating different care sectors in different ways. It is also considering, in the long-term,...

The relatively mature status of its portfolio and a challenging trading environment led to specialist care market leader Voyage recording a marginal decrease in...

Following his departure as care minister Paul Burstow has admitted there were cuts to mental health services during his tenure at the Department of...

Care providers have challenged new Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to take on the recommendations laid out by the Dilnot Commission.Former Culture Secretary Mr Hunt...