Care Providers’ Press Releases

Age Concern and Help the Aged's response to the Conservatives' pensioner pledge
26-Mar-10
In response to the Conservatives’ pensioner pledge‚ Michelle Mitchell‚ Charity Director for Age Concern and Help the Aged‚ said: “The Conservatives’ pledge to support pensioners and protect vital benefits is read full article

Tough breaks for carers
26-Mar-10
Our report No breaks for carers found that only 23% of the £50m given to Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in 2009/10 to increase their services for carers was actually used for this purpose. Many carers felt that money read full article

Celebrating World Autism Awareness Day
26-Mar-10
A team of autism experts at Dimensions has been travelling the country in the lead up to World Autism Awareness Day in a bid to raise awareness of autism. Dimensions, the UK's largest specialist provider of read full article

First of five Birmingham villages opens
26-Mar-10
New Village residents, Chris and Olive Quinn, joined Birmingham City Councillor John Lines and 100 partnership guests to cut the ribbon and open the doors to the first of five Birmingham retirement villages. The read full article

August Equity announces new healthcare investment
25-Mar-10
August Equity LLP (“August Equity”) has today made a commitment of £23 million to fund the merger of Active Assistance (“Active”) and First Call Care Services Limited (“First Call”), an existing portfolio company, read full article

Lifeways begins major expansion programme
24-Mar-10
Lifeways Community Care, a leading provider of supported living for people with complex needs, is embarking on a major expansion programme of its services throughout 2010, following an exceptional year of growth. read full article

Alzheimer's Society comment on social care system reform promise
24-Mar-10
In his budget speech, Alistair Darling announced that the government will shortly be setting out its long-term plans for social care reform. He also outlined the steps needed in the next parliament to move towards read full article

BBC ageism row reignited
22-Mar-10
The BBC is facing calls to increase the number of older people in its programmes, as research commissioned by Anchor reveals BBC1 features fewer over-50s than its main commercial rival ITV1. The ‘Older Faces read full article

Care UK welcomes Health Committee report on social care
22-Mar-10
Care UK has been scrutinising the new report by the Government Health Committee which found many shortfalls in the current social care system. Following his speech to the Long Term Care Conference in London, read full article

The Society of Later Life Advisors expresses concerns as Personal Care at Home Bill reaches Report Stage in House of Lords
17-Mar-10
The Society of Later life Advisers expresses concern as Personal Care at Home Bill reaches Report Stage in House of Lords The Society of later Life Advisers [SOLLA] is concerned at many of the implications of read full article

Allied Healthcare opens new Scottish branch
17-Mar-10
We are proud to announce the opening of the Allied Healthcare Elgin branch. Elgin will be the company’s 10th branch in Scotland and will be overseen by Mike Shea – Operations Manager for Scotland. The new office, read full article

Barchester hailed best care employer yet again
15-Mar-10
Barchester is the only care provider to be named by the Sunday Times as one of the country's best employers. National care home provider Barchester Healthcare has again featured in the prestigious Sunday Times read full article

Response to Health Committee report on social care
12-Mar-10
Mencap, The Multiple Sclerosis Society, Counsel and Care, and Carers UK said today in response to the Health Committee report on social care: "We welcome such a strong and clear report, which echoes our concerns read full article

Leonard Cheshire Disability's new blog is up and running
04-Mar-10
The charity Leonard Cheshire Disability has launched a brand new blog for its runners and supporters: www.lcdisability.org/eventsblog The blog provides fresh and interesting content for people who are gearing read full article

Bluebird Care enquiries jump by 100 percent
02-Mar-10
The UK’s foremost care-at-home provider Bluebird Care has received record numbers of enquiries as a result of the national debate on the future of social care in England. The Hampshire-based company – with read full article