NCMA gets new head

The not-for-profit trade body the National Care Managers Association (NCMA) has announced the appointment of Boyd Farrerr as its new chief executive.Farrerr previously spent...

Caretech separates business

Caretech Community Services Ltd, the provider of care to people with learning disabilities, led by entrepreneur Farouk Sheikh, has reported steady growth in the...

Lonsdale picks up Solihull contract

Lonsdale Midlands Ltd, the West Bromich-based care home service provider, has secured a contract to provide management and support to three care homes in...

Care homes places continue to fall but ageing population will reverse trend

The number of care home places for elderly and physically disabled people fell by almost nine thousand in the year to April 2005, yet...

‘New era’ in Cheshire’s care

Cheshire county council has secured government approval to push forward with the development of 400 extra care apartments in the first phase of its...

Five home expansion for Hallmark

Managing director of Hallmark Healthcare, Avnish Goyal, has drawn up refurbishment plans for homes acquired across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire in a move that will...

NTA say drug treatment services on the rise

The number of drug addicts entering specialist care services has risen by 27% over the past year according to figures released by the National...

CHOICE expansion

CHOICE, Community Homes of Intensive Care and Education Ltd, the specialist needs provider of care and education support, which is run by Paul Gold,...

Meridian expands

Meridian Healthcare Ltd has appointed Susan Frith to the newly created post of group operations director where she will take on leadership of a...

£1.3m grant for assistive technology research

The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC) has awarded £1.3m to the Scottish research group Mobilising Advanced Technologies for Care at Home (MATCH) in...