Autumncare sale on the horizon?

The accounts of Autumncare Group PLC, the northeast England nursing home operator, for the year to 31 August 2005, reported a 37% jump in...

Profits take off at Flightcare

The family owned business Flightcare Limited, which operates seven nursing and residential care homes in the Merseyside area has released abbreviated accounts for the...

Care Costs

Sandra Gidley asked the Secretary of State for Health (18 April 2006: Column 124W) what procedures she is adopting to ensure that social services...

MP opens Wellington nursing home

Taunton MP Jeremy Browne met with residents of Linden House nursing home in Wellington, Somerset when the home was officially opened following an extension...

New guides to support social work placements launched

Skills for Care has launched a new series of eight guides, designed to support people who provide social work placements and ensure that students...

Falling fees add to sector pressure sector says ECCA poll

The results of a new poll by trade body the English Community Care Association (ECCA) show care providers struggling against a regime of low...

DfES ministerial changes

Following the Prime Minister’s cabinet reshuffle, Alan Johnson has replaced Ruth Kelly as Secretary of State for Education and Skills. Kelly is the new...

NI minister for children

Maria Eagle is to replace Lord Rooker as minister for children in Northern Ireland. She was previously a parliamentary under-secretary of state for children...

Hay to leave Bright Horizons

Susan Hay, executive director for Europe at Bright Horizon’s Family Solutions, is to leave the company after 16 years in order to focus on...

Just Learning appointment

Just Learning has appointed Deborah Hogan as manager of its new £1m setting at Doxford International Business Park in Sunderland. She moves from the...