Profit growth for Community Homes

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Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Ltd (CHOICE) reported an increase in operating profit from £2.9m to £3.1m for the year ending 30...

Runwood continues LA acquisitions

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Runwood Homes has purchased eight local authority care homes in Warwickshire after the council admitted it could not afford to invest in the homes...

OLM shows some Esprit

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Social care software solutions provider OLM Group has acquired Derby-based Esprit. The acquisition of the provider of multi-agency information sharing solutions to local authorities...

Integration in practice – how to transfer £230m of services

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Following the transfer of adult social care services from Staffordshire county council to the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent NHS Partnership (CCMn May 2012), Chris Plumley,...

Enara expands private pay provision

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August Equity’s domiciliary care provider made four Enara Group bolt-on acquisitions this month. Based in South Wales, Angels Care Services delivers home care throughout...

Pickup urges for detail on integration

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President of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) Sarah Pickup, has called on the government to ensure that health and social...

Mears plans further acquisitions

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Mears Group said it planned on seeking further acquisitions to broaden its care offering in its interim management report from January 1 2012 to...

Mental health needs more investment

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Commissioners need to invest more in mental health services to address a ‘gross inequality’ within the NHS, according to a new report from the...

Reversal of fortune for Tunstall as public sector cuts begin to bite

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Telecare and telehealth specialist, Tunstall Healthcare Group, reported huge losses for the year ending 30 September 2011 following a year of government spending cuts...

House of Lords looks into adoption

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A new House of Lords committee has been set up to monitor adoption legislation. Chaired by Baroness Butler-Sloss, the committee will look at the...
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