Bliss (charity) considering allowing due date, rather than birth date, to be used when making admissions decisions. Bliss works in partnership to promote and support best practice in neonatal care, and is currently involved in over £10.1 million of research which is responsible for significant improvements in the care and treatment of babies born premature or sick. Here are some of the research projects Bliss are involved with. Since 1995 Bliss has supported the EPICure study, the longest running study into prematurity in the world, which tracks the chances of survival and later health status of babies born at less than 26
Care UK 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. In 2018 Care UK operated 114 care homes with almost 8,000 beds. 44% of the residents are self-funding. It supports over 17,000 older people and those with disabilities through home care services. Its NHS treatment centres, out of hours primary care and 111 service serve more than 18