Birmingham PCT teams up with housing association

Eastern Birmingham Primary Care Trust (PCT) has partnered with the Family Housing Association (Birmingham) Ltd on a project that will build a new care...

Neurological care growth at Barchester

Owing to an increase in demand, Barchester Healthcare has expanded its specialist services for people with brain injuries and neurological conditions with the addition...

Strong year at Life Style Care

End of year results to 31 March 2005 show a successful year of organic growth at care home provider Life Style Care plc.The company...

JRF reveals changing attitudes to inheritance

Research carried out by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has shown that one in four older owner-occupiers have accessed the equity tied up in...

POVA progress heralded a success

Figures released by the Department of Health (DH) on the first anniversary of the Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA) register show over 700 people...

Wakefield begins extra care allocation

Residents in elderly residential care across Wakefield have been consulted by the authority on whether they want to reserve places in proposed extra care...

Four Seasons boosts partnering power

As part of a project to build further links with public sector care providers, Four Seasons Health Care has announced the appointment of two...

Care South files strong results

Following expansion of its business to Somerset and Hampshire, the Dorset Trust, which recently revised its name to the more appropriate Care South (CCMN...

Southern Cross openings in North West

Southern Cross Healthcare has continued its investment in the north west of England with a doubling of beds at its purpose-built Treelands Centre in...

Government points to assisted future

As part of a two-year programme giving local authorities access to a new £80m funding stream the Department of Health (DH) has published guidance...