Ofsted appointments

Minister for Children Ed Balls has announced the appointment of four new members to the Ofsted Board.The new faces, who will join chairman Zenna...

Personalisation agenda gets first leader

A consortium made up of the country’s largest care representative bodies has announced that a London director of adult and community services will be...

Waving, not drowning – CSCI’s head prepares her goodbyes.

As the sector prepares to say farewell to another watchdog, Robert Potter meets with CSCI’s charismatic head Dame Denise Platt to find out how...

ILG appoints operations director

Independent Living Group (ILG) has announced the appointment of Bob Stafford as its new operations director. Mr Stafford joins ILG from Care Principles Ltd....

Change at Claimar a major blow to share price

The Birmingham-based domiciliary care agency Claimar Care has suffered a major fall in share price following the sudden resignation of financial director David Jackson...

Children’s charity appoints chief executive

YoungMinds, the children’s mental health charity, has announced that acting chief executive Sarah Brennan will take on the role in its full capacity.

Senior team walks from Prestigious Retirement

The managing director, financial director and one non-executive director have all resigned from the specialist housing developer Prestigious Retirement Villages (PRV) amid what the...

Head appointed for the Care Quality Commission

The Department of Health (DH) has named Baroness Young of Old Scone as shadow chair of the forthcoming sector watchdog, the Care Quality Commission...

Four Seasons new chief

Four Seasons Health Care has appointed Dr Pete Calveley as its new chief executive, six months after former head Tony Heywood made an unexpected...

Priory appoints chief operating officer

After a prolonged period of relatively low-key activity at the Priory Group things may be set to change with the appointment of a new...