Care Markets

Optimum Care achieves rapid growth in its latest set of resultsGraphite Capital-backed Optimum Care achieved rapid growth in its latest set of results. The...

A report by the Commission on Dignity in Care for Older People has said there needs to be a major cultural shift’ in the way older people are looked after following the Health Service Ombudsman’s Care and Compassion report (CCMn March 2012) which exposed shocking failures’ in the elder care system.

The calculator designed to help local authorities work out the cost of social care for younger adults has helped councils to save over £45m, the developers claim.

Care homes should operate as community hubs’ in the future, delivering a range of services under one roof or in closely integrated neighbourhoods.

Domiciliary nursing and care recruitment specialist, Servoca, reported in its unaudited interim results for the six months ending 31 March 2012 that it faced a challenging’ six months with a reduction in revenues, gross profit and profit before taxation.

In response to the conviction of gangs of men sexually abusing children from residential care homes, children’s minister Tim Loughton announced a series of reforms earlier this month to prevent it from happening again. Local authorities will now have to carry out more checks before children are placed in homes outside their home boroughs. Currently around half of the estimated 7,800 children put into residential care are placed outside their homes.

Complaints about care providers rose from 22 a month in December 2010 to 556 in March 2012, including those reported by staff members., according...

NGBI private equity (NGBIPE) plans to transform Horizon Care into a market leader after acquiring the business.The Midlands-based specialist care provider operates 13 residential...

Independent care and hospital providers of learning disability care perform half as well as public or NHS providers according to the findings of the...

It is still unclear how Healthwatch England and local branches of Healthwatch will operate according to speakers at a Westminster Forum Projects conference last...