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...

Scottish charity law to focus on concept of ‘public benefit’

Proposed legislation has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament seeking to repeal existing charity law and create a single framework for charity regulation.The Charities...

Aberdeen: review of council-run homes

Two care homes run by Aberdeenshire Council could be closed as part of a review currently being undertaken by the local authority.It is thought...

Home care workers next to be registered

Domiciliary care staff should be amongst the next groups of care workers to join the social care register in England, according to the General...

Profits up at Care UK

Publicly listed health and social care provider Care UK plc has announced its preliminary results for the year ended 30 September 2004.The figures make...

Northern Ireland customer charters

Two new customer charters designed to ensure better service for pensioners, people with disabilities and carers have been launched by Northern Ireland's Social Security...

Ladyman blunder as sector rounds on ‘banged-up’ ‘slur’

Health minister Stephen Ladyman has angered care providers by telling the Commons that old people are being 'banged up' in care homes unnecessarily.The minister's...