Building portfolios that are fit for the future: the case for the UK private care sector – Octopus

There is a shortage of quality care homes in the UK. However, institutional capital can help raise the quality of care and build a care sector that is fit for the future.

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... By 2030, one in six people in the world will be aged 60 years or over, and by 2050, the number of over 60s will have doubled to 2.1 billion (World Health Organisation, 2022).

However, the UK is facing a shortage of quality care homes and our existing infrastructure is not yet fit to cope with our longer-living population.Many UK care homes suffer from inefficient design, a lack of wet rooms and poor ESG credentials.

Institutional capital has the power to meaningfully raise the quality of care across the UK, whilst modernising infrastructure and championing sustainability to meet net-zero targets.

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