Hoare takes Ofsted chair

David Hoare has replaced Baroness Sally Morgan as chair of Ofsted. The former chair of the Teenage Cancer Trust took up the post last...

Thorpe to head up Optalis growth

Gary Thorpe has been appointed commercial director at Optalis. He was previously business development director at Craegmoor. His role will be to lead the...

Wellington takes on quality role

Sam Wellington has been appointed quality director for learning disability operator Eden Futures.Her role will be to further the integration of quality systems across...

Social care head for Leonard Cheshire

Leonard Cheshire Disability has appointed Rosemarie Pardington to lead the charity’s social care services in the UK. Prior to taking up the role of...

Board appointments at Your Care Rating

Your Care Rating has appointed Professor Julienne Meyer from City University and Sylvie Silver from the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) to its board....

Sharma joins Careline Lifestyles

Careline Lifestyles has appointed consultant psychiatrist Dr Drona Sharma to head its in-house team safeguarding the mental health of its residents.

Fellowship for dementia professor

The University professor, Roger Watson, who developed the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED) - the only validated instrument for measuring feeding difficulty in...

Strong leadership at Bethpage

Andrew Strong will take over as chief executive officer of specialist care provider Bethphage in November. He replaces Rob Tovey, who has headed up...

Page joins Danshell board

Steve Page is to join the board of specialist care provider Danshell as a strategic advisor. As well as being the founding chief executive...

Retirement Villages brings in Barr

Surrey-based Retirement Villages group has appointed Rob Barr as human resources manager. Mr Barr was previously at Partnerships in Care and Crawley-based Bard Medical.