Welsh providers call for more cash

Care providers in Wales have warned that unless Welsh Assembly funding is increased across the independent sector the country could experience widespread closures in...

Caring Homes acquires healthcare training company

Caring Homes Group has acquired the healthcare training company Training In Care Limited (TIC).With the acquisition Caring Homes expects to roll out a full...

A Consensus of first-rate support

People with a learning disability or with additional needs such as mental health, physical disabilities and sensory impairments are being offered a new lease...

Top award a personal best for BUPA care home staff

BUPA Care Homes’ ‘Personal Best’ programme, which encourages carers to provide a truly individual service, has beaten off competition from 15 other companies to...

Chair of new Ofsted board

The Secretary of State for Education and Skills, Alan Johnson, has appointed Zenna Atkins as the first chair of the new Ofsted board.Ms Atkins...

CWN reappoints Ennals

Paul Ennals has been reappointed chair of the Children’s Workforce Network (CWN), which works alongside the Children’s Workforce Development Council to deliver workforce reform.Mr...

Coventry appointment

Coventry council has appointed Colin Green as director of children, learning and young people.Mr Green is currently deputy director Safeguarding Group at the Department...

Fisherfield appointment

The Fisherfield Farm Nursery Group has appointed Nicola McLachlan as quality manager. Ms McLachlan was previously nursery manager at the company’s Bury College site.The...

NDNA rejects ‘biased’ childcare survey findings

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has dismissed a new childcare survey that found that a third of mothers were unhappy with their nursery...

Save our Nurseries to meet DfES officials

Representatives of the Save our Nurseries Campaign are to meet with Department for Education and Skills (DfES) officials at the end of this month...