Ladyman: it’s direct payments or bust

Care providers will have to offer more choice and flexibility to home care service users - or else risk going out of business, Minister...

MHA to take over management of ExtraCare Trust homes

Methodist Homes for the Aged (MHA) is to take over eight dementia and nursing care homes run by the ExtraCare Charitable Trust as part...

Fall in local authority-supported care home residents slows

The number of care home residents being supported by English councils fell by 2% to 277,950 (all clients, all sectors) in the year to...

Care UK non-executive director

Care UK plc, the specialist health and social care provider, has announced the appointment of Ruth Carnall to the company's board as a non-executive...

South east learning disabilities merger

PentaHact, a regional charity covering London and the South East, has completed its merger with Hillstream Care, an organisation which supports 100 people with...

Residential homes

Tom Cox asked the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to review the cost of care in residential homes that is...

Careforce buys £1.35m south east live-in care business

Careforce Group plc, the AIM-listed provider of domiciliary care services, has completed the acquisition of the goodwill and fixed assets of live-in care business...

Cuts in Welsh Supporting People funding attacked

Plans to cut funding for the Supporting People programme in Wales have been attacked by the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA), which has warned...

New chief executive for Reed

Trevor Goul-Wheeker has been appointed as chief executive officer of Reed Health Group with immediate effect. Goul-Wheeker, who was managing director of Hammicks Bookshop...

Concerns over Audit Commission inspection process

Concerns over the way in which Audit Commission officials inspect local government services have been raised in a report published by the Joseph Rowntree...