Clinovia makes its first acquisition.

Clinovia, Britain’s most experienced home healthcare provider, has made its first acquisition by buying Guardian Homecare and Guardian Care Support Services.

The purchase means that Clinovia can further develop its home healthcare services for both health and social care customers. In particular, Guardian Care Support Services focuses on the specialist domiciliary care market and complements Clinovia’s own Complex Care division, which cares for patients with complex clinical needs.

Guardian Care Support Services was established in 2001 and operates as a care agency specialising in providing quality community support services to individuals with a learning disability, under contract to the local authority.  It also provides relief support into residential homes and day centres.

Guardian Homecare, also established in 2001, is a franchise organisation focusing on domiciliary care with 32 franchised territories and 28 franchisees throughout the UK. The company supports franchisees in registration and compliance issues and with marketing to residential and nursing homes. Clinovia expects to be able to open new franchises around the country.

Robbie Burns, chief executive of Clinovia, said: “This acquisition supports our overall strategy and the ambitious growth plans for Clinovia in support of the government’s initiatives in health and social care”.

He continued: “As identified in the recent white paper - Our Health, Our Care, Our Say - integration of services is important to patients and the commissioners of health and social care. Clinovia aims to facilitate this by offering comprehensive  packages of care – meeting health and social care needs of patients and customers”.

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 NOTES TO EDITORS

• Clinovia is Britain’s leader in the provision of specialised home care and community healthcare services.  The key activities are home delivery of drugs, care packages, provision of medical equipment, and other home care services. 
• Clinovia compounds drugs under license and dispenses these products to patients. The services provided by Clinovia include the delivery of drugs or feeds, the provision of equipment to administer them and a range of supporting services such as training of patients, nursing support, mixing of solutions and the provision of a 24-hour patient helpline.
• Further details can be found at www.clinovia.co.uk