Active Assistance acquires Communicare

Active Assistance Group, the August Equity-backed provider of complex and clinical care for adults, has acquired Communicare, which offers specialist care to service users...

LD funding problems highlighted

Three out of four local authorities are facing difficulties in funding services for people with learning disabilities and are either making cuts to services...

Patient Opinion moves into care

Hospital service user feedback website Patient Opinion is to move into adult social care after winning a £160,000 grant from the Department of Health.It...

Ashridge invests in Phoenix

Ashridge Capital has provided £3.4m of funding for a management buyout of Phoenix Learning and Care. Phoenix has three schools and 15 small residential...

Keep children with families – FRG

Family Rights Group (FRG) is calling on the government and local authorities to do more to keep children with their families rather than being...

NMW rise will squeeze profits

Care providers have warned that profits will be significantly hit when the next National Minimum Wage increase comes into force in October this year.Minimum...

Continuum snapped up by Advanced Childcare

Advanced Childcare Limited has bought The Continuum Care and Education Group for an undisclosed sum to create what it claims to be the largest...

Scottish dementia estimates revealed

Dementia sufferers now account for half of all care home residents across Scotland, according to the latest Scottish Government figures showing that more than...

Workers protest after funding cuts passed on to provider

Workers from specialist care provider Alternative Futures Group (AFG) have been protesting against proposed cuts to their pay as the charity seeks to find...

CareTech refinancing discussed

CareTech has made a stock exchange announcement stating trading performance for the first half of the financial year is ‘in line with director’s expectations’,...