Care UK

Care UK is a British company providing health and social care. The company works with councils, primary care trusts and doctors to deliver care and support for older people and those with learning disabilities or mental health problems, as well as a range of healthcare services for NHS patients.

The company was formed as Anglia Secure Homes in 1982, becoming Care UK PLC in 1994.

In 1997, the company acquired Care Solutions Limited, a learning disabilities provider responsible for 59 homes in Newcastle, Bradford, Staffordshire and Guildford. In 1998, it took on a further seven care homes in Hampshire and the South Coast with the acquisition of The Care Partnership.

Care UK delisted from the stock exchange in 2010 following a management buyout. Since 2010 its major shareholder has been Bridgepoint Capital.

It bought Harmoni in 2012 from ECI Partners for about £50 million.

In January 2014 it was announced that Philippa Slinger, the former chief executive of the troubled Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is to join Care UK.

Since the Health and Social Care Act 2012 came into force in April 2013 Care UK has won three contracts worth £104m.

In 2014/5 its turnover was £728 million.

Following the death of a vulnerable inmate at HM Prison Chelmsford in January 2017 and criticism by the Prison ombudsman, Care UK announced it would end its healthcare contract there as the level of resource the prison service made available was insufficient.

Care UK operates 85 care home facilities for older people as well as supporting over 17,000 older people and those with disabilities through home care services.

The company runs 4 clinical assessment and treatment centres (CATS) and 7 NHS treatment centres, offering a range of procedures for conditions such as cataract surgery and hip replacements. In 2011, independent research organisation, Dr Foster, named Care UK as the best performing provider for hip operations.

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