Board appointments at Reed

Reed Health Group plc, staffing provider to the social care and health sector, has announced the appointment of Steve Cheetham and Ian Furniss to...

Child carers need extra support

Young carers whose parents have mental health conditions should be given access to high quality, age appropriate support according to a report published by...

Domiciliary Care

Bob Blizzard asked the Secretary of State for Health (5 July 2005: Column 347W) (1) what public financial support was provided for the training...

Dementia

Helen Jones asked the Secretary of State for Health (27 Jun 2005: Column 1347W) how many residential care places are available in each strategic...

Memory aid exploits cinema memories

Researchers in Scotland have developed an audio/visual prompt for people with Alzheimer's that taps into long term memories in order to promote interaction among...

Saudi Arabia to learn from UK models

A delegation of healthcare experts from Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital met with the English Community Care Association (ECCA) last month on a...

ENHANCE network marches on despite criticism

Hampshire county council's controversial ENHANCE network of care homes has come in for renewed criticism from the sector some two years after CCMN first...

New CEO for government care improvement programme

The Department of Health (DH) has appointed Richard Humphries as the chief executive of its Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) following his role as...

£50,000 for older people health scheme

A project empowering social workers and nurses to design care programmes for older people in order to avoid unnecessary hospital visits has been awarded...

Major provider looks to achieve green operation

In an effort to ensure that its 252 care homes operate to environmentally friendly standards BUPA Care Services has appointed an energy surveyor to...