Extra care solution touted for Denbighshire

Conway and Denbighshire NHS Trust is investigating the possibility of developing extra care housing in an effort to tackle the area's high hospital occupancy...

Domiciliary Care

Paul Burstow asked the Secretary of State for Health (9 June 2005: Column 629W) what progress has been made on the recording of adverse...

Carers in bottom 30 of UK earners

Tucked between playgroup leaders and car park attendants, care assistants and home carers have been ranked 315th in the latest analysis of salaries in...

Charity calls for carer choice

Counsel and Care has called for flexible working rights for carers and tax exemptions on elder care vouchers in its response to the Department...

Runwood next in market sales frenzy

Residential care home operator Runwood Homes plc is believed to have put 26 of its homes on the market through agent Knight Frank with...

West Sussex consults on home’s future

West Sussex county council has held a series of meetings to decide the future of Ball Tree Croft, its care home for people with...

Authority home management pioneer closes

Coverage Care (Gloucestershire) Ltd, one of the first providers set up specifically to manage former local authority homes, has ceased trading following the transfer...

Carers Benefit

Sandra Gidley asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (6 Jun 2005: Column 374W) what his most recent estimate is of the...

Children’s homes saved in buy-out deal

Yorkshire-based Family Support Services, provider of residential care for children and teenagers, has been acquired by a rival care group in a deal that...

School acquisitions at Priory

Despite being involved in what is likely to be the next major sale in the care market the Priory Group has acquired two new...