Care home funding shortfall leaves self-funders filling £1.3 billion gap
Self-funding, or private-pay, care home residents are keeping the sector afloat according to the latest figures from healthcare market intelligence provider LaingBuisson. The latest update to its Care Cost Benchmarks toolkit has found that the average fee per resident paid to care homes falls short…
LaingBuisson comments on overseas patients market
Speaking to the Financial Times, LaingBuisson consultant Ted Townsend has said that Cleveland Clinics entrance in the London market is unlikely to relieve pressure on the NHS, rather it extends the capital’s ability to provide services to patients from overseas. Read the full FT story…
Complex care market looking ‘broadly positive’ in latest LaingBuisson analysis
Prospects for adult specialist care operators – at least those positioned at the complex end of the spectrum – remain broadly positive, according to LaingBuisson’s latest report, Adult Specialist Care – second edition. This is despite the austerity-driven real terms decline in adult specialist care…
