Ladhar appointment to grow specialist care

Newcastle leisure facility and care home operator The Ladhar Group has announced the appointment of a new managing director who will head up the...

Somerset appointments

The not-for-profit care provider Somerset Care has made two senior appointments within its community care division, Somerset Care at Home.Ellen Smith has been made...

Ex-Hampshire man joins GSCC

Hampshire county council’s former director of social services Terry Butler has been appointed a member of the General Social Care Council (GSCC).Mr Butler takes...

Cumbria’s new adult social services director

Ex-Hampshire assistant director of social services Jill Stannard has taken up her new post as corporate director for adult social services with Cumbria county...

Eight contracts for home care awarded by Redbridge

Redbridge council has awarded eight home care contracts to domiciliary care companies in a move that will outsource 90% of the authority’s home care...

Torbay takes care trust option

Torbay council has successfully set up its own care trust, marking the first time in two years that an authority has made the step...

PFI future for East Sussex provision

East Sussex county council has won a bid for £35m of funding from the Department of Health (DH) to enable its Age Well Project...

Milton Keynes to work with MacIntyre

Milton Keynes council has approved the nominal price of £1 to sell a piece of land in West Bletchley to MacIntyre Housing Association to...

Hampshire opens £1m day centre

As part of its work to increase the possibilities for independent living among its vulnerable residents, Hampshire county council has opened a new £1m...

Kent council heads new approach in care centre

Kent county council has opened a fully integrated social and health care centre that combines residential and nursing care with intermediate and respite care...