Valuer moves to provision

James Hall, senior valuer with GVA Grimley, which has previously carried out numerous valuations on properties owned by NHP plc, is to set up...

Contracts manager for Castleoak Construction

John Clarkson has been appointed contracts manager for the care homes division of Castleoak Construction.Mr Clarkson will take on responsibility for overseeing care home...

RNHA chair

Clifford Davison has been elected chair of the Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA). He replaces Derek Whittaker who has chaired the organisation since 1994....

John Grooms appointments

John Grooms Association for Disabled People has announced the appointments of Joe Crosbie as direct marketing manager and Kate Reeves, formerly marketing controller at...

RNIB director

The Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) has announced the appointment of Eamonn Fetton as director of the RNIB's education and employment division....

CSV president

Labour peer Lord Levy has been confirmed as the new Honorary President of the volunteering agency Community Service Volunteers (CSV). In his new role...

New operator in sector

Sushil Radia, formerly with Care First (and prior to that Court Cavendish) has set up a new company - Riseway Investment Ltd.Mr Radia opted...

Quality of care causes concern

Community Care Market News (News) July 1998Research published by Mencap investigating access to health services by people with learning disabilities concludes that the NHS...

New directors for Croydon and Hillingdon

Hannah Miller has been appointed director of social services at Croydon council. She joins Croydon from the London borough of Islington where she was...

All change at Manchester Care

Sylvia Edwards, formerly chief executive of Manchester Care (see separate article below), has joined Rochefort Healthcare, based in Windsor, as group operations controller.Huw John,...