Tag: Healthcare.
Hat Trick For HPC Healthcare Property Consultants
For the third year in succession, social care property consultant HPC has been nominated as a finalist in the prestigious HealthInvestor Awards. The awards, which take place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, recognise excellence and innovation in the independent healthcare sector. At the 2012 awards, HPC has been nominated in two categories for [...]
Samsung launches the Samsung Guide to IT in Healthcare
As budgets are squeezed, and demands on patient care in UK care homes increases, Samsung Electronics has produced an informative guide explaining how healthcare providers can use the latest technology to reduce costs, increase efficiency and improve patient care. The Samsung Guide to IT in Healthcare outlines how the latest developments in IT, from IP [...]
Jewish Care Joins Care in Crisis Campaign
Residents of Jewish Care marched with over 1,000 people in the Crisis in Care lobby at the Houses of Parliament to voice their concerns on older people’s social care. Local resident of Rubens House, Finchley, Sadie Simmons (82) said, “Jewish Care provides me with great support but I am very concerned about what happens to [...]
CQC Report Misses The Point
The English Community Care Association (ECCA), the leading representative charity for independent care providers, has commented on the fact that CQC has finally released data from its special review into healthcare in care homes, originally conceived in 2009. Martin Green, Chief Executive of ECCA, said: “The CQC report on healthcare in care homes completely misses [...]
NHS Can Save £1.2bn From Technology
Addressing the international congress for telehealth and telecare, health minister Paul Burstow said the NHS could save £1.2bn from the technology that would also help patients live more independently and control their own care. David Cameron announced last year that three million people would benefit from an “industrial scale” rollout of NHS telehealth systems to [...]
Review of Healthcare Services For Care Home Residents Published
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has today published the results of a review of how the healthcare needs of care home residents are met. It addresses how older people and people with learning disabilities living in care homes access healthcare services, whether they have choice and control over their healthcare and whether they receive care [...]
Healthcare Sector Still Under Financial Pressure
The latest specialist sector snapshot from Colliers International shows that economic momentum is building in the specialist sectors with the rationalisations and refocusing of offers beginning to pay dividends. Debt is still a burden and profit margins thin, but households continue to spend where they see good value. Healthcare – The care home sector has [...]
Saving Money is the Best Medicine
Two young entrepreneurs are laying down a challenge to NHS health and hospital trusts: “Let us save you money.” 29-year-olds Nick Coleman and Udhi Silva launched Medical-Supermarket.com just under a year ago. Medical Supermarket is the ‘Amazon’ for the healthcare industry; an online, one-stop shop selling everything from printer paper to ECG machines. [...]
NHS Funding Challenge
A review of how health and social care systems are coping in the tough economic climate has been published today (Tuesday 24 January) by the Health Select Committee. Its chair, Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP, has said that the NHS funding challenge can only be met by rethinking and redesigning the way health [...]
Wow! What A Year 2011 Was For The Healthcare Sector
Tim Godfrey – Partner – Corporate Services & Head of Healthcare blogs about the care industry. Click on the link below to read his views; Tim joined Bishop Fleming in 1994. He provides advice and support to a large number of Torbay’s business community. He is also the partner heading [...]
HPC MARKET REVIEW
HPC MARKET REVIEW January 2012 After a year which has seen a great deal of activity focused on the social care sector, it is likely that 2012 will throw up challenges of its own, in addition to suffering from symptoms of a ‘hangover’ from 2011. The cost of care is likely to figure high on [...]
Belfast Turn Key Care Home Offers Great Investment
A turn-key, purpose-built care home development in Belfast is being marketed for sale, or let, by Christie + Co on behalf of Thornley Care Limited. The development, in Barnett’s Road — some four miles from the centre of the Northern Irish capital and within walking distance of Parliament House, Stormont — comprises [...]
Simon Bird Joins Care South
Care South is pleased to announce that chartered surveyor Simon Bird has joined the Senior Management Team as Property and Business Development Director. Care South is a registered charity and leading provider of high quality, innovative care (including specialist dementia care) with 20 residential and nursing care homes and close care available [...]
Pinder Awards Have New Sponsor
DC Care Director Anita Allen is delighted to announce the company’s involvement in the 2012 Pinder Healthcare Design Awards. She commented; “This award ceremony and lunch is ‘the’ key care industry event of the year. We are extremely proud to be one of the main sponsors next year and [...]
Up to 500 More Care Jobs To Join Ark In Yorkshire
Ark Home Healthcare is planning to create 150 new jobs following the takeover of a portfolio of care homes across the region. The company, which gained backing from private equity partners Ashbridge Capital and Core Capital earlier this year, has acquired the home care division of Anchor Trust and has taken over [...]
Best Practice For Your Drains Makes Sense
The Lanes Group warns that it makes sense for the care industry to adopt best practice in an area which is all too often ignored — drains. The care sector is particularly vulnerable to drain and sewer concerns because of high usage and output through the drainage system. And, with many [...]
Its Autumn So Time To Sort Out Your Design Awards Entries
The nights are drawing in so, before it gets too dark to see, how about preparing your entry for this years’ Pinders Healthcare Design Awards? Now in their thirteenth year, the awards showcase the very best care home, care village and retirement housing projects from across the UK, so if you’ve created [...]
Enara Purchase Colvin and Longacre Domiciliary Services
August Equity LLP portfolio company, Enara Group Limited, has today announced the completion of its 30th acquisition, following two recent acquisitions. Enara, a domiciliary care provider, has acquired Colvin Nursing Agency Ltd and Longacre Homecare Limited. Colvin is based in Hampstead and provides nursing, personal and domiciliary care to clients in [...]
Colliers International Appoint New Director To Healthcare Team
Colliers International has appointed Adrian Ilott as a Director in its Healthcare team. Adrian has worked in the healthcare sector for 12 years having started in a valuations role at Christie & Co. Adrian then moved to Matthews and Goodman LLP before joining Taylors as an Associate Director in 2007. [...]
Partnership Welcome Dilnot Report
UK’s largest provider of Long Term Care Annuities welcomes Dilnot – but calls for people entering care to take appropriate financial advice now Steve Groves, Chief Executive of specialist annuity provider Partnership welcomes proposals made by Dilnot today. “Andrew Dilnot’s proposals are well judged and will bring much needed light to the care [...]
‘Priority Should Be Residents’
Age UK issued the following statement today regarding Southern Cross; “It is deeply worrying that the Southern Cross situation has reached this crisis point as families and residents of their homes will be greatly concerned. “Providing continuing and quality care to those 31,000 residents must be the highest priority for all those [...]
Is Fee Growth Weakening? Read Colliers Healthcare Report
The latest Care Homes Review from Colliers International, which measures occupancy rates, average weekly fees, payroll costs, non-payroll costs and profit margins, has revealed that while average nominal weekly fees have increased steadily over the last two years, in real terms fee growth weakened significantly in the last year. Salary and national insurance costs as [...]
Mochridhe drops RBS and picks Clydesdale
Mochridhe has changed bank after Royal Bank of Scotland failed to back its expansion plans. The Glasgow company, which helps people with disabilities live an independent life, has refinanced with Clydesdale Bank with a package worth £415,000. That includes £200,000 of funding through the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme which will help Mochridhe extend its services [...]
