Charity updates care guides

Counsel and Care, the charitable body which represents the interests of older people, has updated the portfolio of care home consumer guides it produces...

Foundation Phase rollout put back

The Welsh Assembly government is to delay the rollout of its Foundation Phase curriculum (NCMN November 2004) for three to seven years olds until...

Ex-Nestor man returns to domiciliary market

The former chief executive of Nestor Healthcare Group plc has made his return to the sector with the launch of a new domiciliary care...

MHA partners with Quakers

The not-for-profit care provider MHA Group has signed a deal with Quaker organisation Friends Housing Bristol (FHB) that will see the growing provider manage...

Poor quality childcare at start of day

Childcare offered in nurseries at the start and end of the day is likely to be of a poorer quality than during core hours,...

Nursery fraud conviction

A 45-year-old mother from Beverly in East Yorkshire has been convicted at Hull Crown Court of fraudulently claiming nearly £38,000 worth of tax credits.Jaqueline...

BUPA’s voucher partnership

BUPA Childcare has entered into partnership with Care-4 to offer childcare vouchers to all the healthcare provider’s employees.From January 2006, BUPA employees can receive...

Pre-school wins TV lottery prize

A pre-school in Oxfordshire has won £50,000 of Big Lottery Funding as a prize in a TV programme.Allsorts Pre-school in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Wallingford received the...

Grandparents prove popular choice

More than a third of grandmothers look after grandchildren while their parents are working or out and about, according to research published by Mintel....

Childcare stressful?

Research conducted by Bristol and Bath Universities has found that childcare helps to reduce stress among children whose mothers have low-satisfaction jobs.It found that...