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The Maria Mallaband Care Group (MMCG) is an English company providing care for elderly and mentally impaired people. It was established in Leeds in 1996 by Phil Burgan, a former pharmacist, who remains CEO; it was named after his grandmother. Its services include nursing, day care, respite and palliative care.[1]
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| Industry | Care for elderly and mentally impaired people |
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| Founded | 1996 in Leeds |
| Founder | Phil Burgan |
| Headquarters | England |
| Website | mmcgcarehomes |
The group has 27 care homes located in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands. The company was ranked 89th in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 in 2009. [2] and was listed as one of Britain's fastest growing private companies in 2010.[3]
The overall enterprise also includes Countrywide Care Homes, Maria Mallaband Care Solutions, and MMCG Living. Overall, there are 76 care homes, 3,200 residents, more than 4,000 staff, and an annual turnover of £100 million.[4]
Historically, MMCG provided care for adults with autism or challenging behaviour. In August 2014, that business was demerged into Autism UK Holdings.[5]
In 2012, a resident in a MMCG home was kept in a cold room, and was found to have a body core temperature of 25 °C (77 °F) when they died of hypothermia. In 2016, MMCG pleaded guilty to breaking heath and safety rules, and was fined £1.6 million.[6][7]
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edit- ^ "History". MMCG. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ "2009 Fast Track 100". Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 24 December 2011.
- ^ "Meet Britain's fastest-growing private companies: 51-60". Real Business. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012.
- ^ "Care group growing in a challenged sector". Yorkshire Evening Post.
- ^ MMCG Financial Statements for year ending 30 April 2015
- ^ Parveen, Nazia (28 September 2016). "Care home company fined £1.6m for letting woman freeze to death". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ "Hypothermia death care home fined £1.6m". BBC News. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
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