Pioneering Lord Morris dies

Disability rights pioneer Lord Morris of Manchester died last month. He has been vice president of charity Vitalise for two decades alongside Dame Judi...

Barchester experiences EBITDAR Slide

Barchester Healthcare’s EBITDAR margin was slightly down for the year ending 31 December 2011 hitting 30.4% compared to the 31.3% posted for 2010. Depsite the...

ReduceD assessment and review costs to save £300m

Councils could release over £300m to spend on direct care for older people if they reduced their expenditure on social care assessments and reviews...

CCMn meets…Runwood Homes: Absorbing former council estates into a profitable portfolio of homes

CCMn meets Logan Logeswaran, managing director for residential care provider Runwood Homes, which has recently been buying up former local authority facilities in Warwickshire...

City and County get Help at Home

City & County Health Group, owned by private equity firm Sovereign Capital, acquired Help at Home Ltd last month for an undisclosed sum. This represents...

Staffordshire launches social care green paper

Staffordshire county council has launched a ‘green paper’ in response to its residents’ concerns about adult social care in the area.Following the publication of...

Promoting personalisation for people with LD and autism

Simon Blygton, director of performance at Dimensions discusses how the organisation is using personalisation and community engagement to encourage independence and provide ‘just enough...

HMT performs well as focus turns to care

The Healthcare Management Trust (HMT) reported a strong 12 months for the year ending 31 December 2011 with net incoming resources from normal trading...

Bristol gives green light to outsourcing residential care

Bristol council has approved plans to close nine care homes and procure the majority of its residential care services from external operators.Once the plans...

Work has begun on a £5.5m purpose-built Bupa care home in Farnham, Surrey. It...

Community Care Market News (New Developments) August 2012 Essex Cares has retained the county-wide reablement contract from Essex county council. The contract will run...