Barking agrees new care schemes

The timetable to build five new major care schemes in Barking and Dagenham has been approved by the London Borough's executive.The Council originally announced...

Birmingham invites tenders

Birmingham City Council has invited interest in the running of its 30 homes for older people, after deciding to transfer the homes. However, the...

Sunrise developments

US company Sunrise Assisted Living is set to invest £150m in developments in the south east of England in a step towards expanding its...

BUPA sells home care business

BUPA has sold Goldsborough Homecare Services Ltd, Primrose Care Ltd and Helping Hands Care Ltd, which formed the major portion of its home care...

SSI reports

CalderdaleSocial services managers in Calderdale have been concentrating so much on getting strategy right that service delivery has slipped, according to the Social Services...

Joint Reviews – Ceredigion

Ceredigion social services spends too much money on expensive in-house residential care and has failed to develop effective relationships with private sector home care...

Craegmoor contract win

Craegmoor Healthcare has won a contract to provide continuing care for Calderdale and Kirklees Health Authority following the closure Northowram Hospital in Halifax.The closure...

Funding for Ridgmont

Funds managed by Graphite Capital, formerly F&C Ventures, have backed the £16m secondary buyout of Ridgmont Care Homes from Cinven. Ridgmont Care Homes was...

General Social Care Council chief executive

Health Minister, John Hutton, has announced the appointment of Lynne Berry as the chief executive of the General Social Care Council (GSCC). The Council...

NHP interims

NHP plc, currently still reported to be in bid talks, has reported interim results for the six months to 31 March 2001. Turnover for...