Lee Rowley returns to role of housing minister

Lee Rowley is the new housing minister in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, becoming the 16th appointment to the role since...

Birdie launches messaging tool to help improve communication

Birdie has launched a messaging tool that allows care agency administrators to contact carers directly through its app, coordinate visits and streamline auditing processes. A...

Downing LLP invests £27m in care businesses

Downing LLP has invested £27m into specialist and older people’s residential care businesses. It has supported an existing operator to acquire a closed 120-bedroom older...

Construction work of care home begins at Trafford Waters

Construction work has started on an 85-bed care home at Trafford Waters in TraffordCity, Greater Manchester. Trafford Council approved the plans earlier this year, which...

Triple Point continues to consider further disposals

Triple Point Housing REIT will consider further disposal opportunities following the sale of a portfolio of homes in September. In an update, it said this...

Johann van Zyl to step down as Cornerstone CEO

Cornerstone Healthcare Group co-founder Johann van Zyl will be stepping down from his role as chief executive officer, effective from 8 January. He will move...

NCF launches environmental sustainability member network

National Care Forum (NCF) has launched a membership network to support organisations embarking on their journeys towards sustainability. The representative body for not-for-profit social care...

Agincare grows nursing care and reablement capacity

Agincare has partnered with Southwark Council to increase nursing care and reablement capacity in the borough after opening a specialist unit at Waterside Care...

DHSC needs to show how it will deliver its reform agenda, says NAO

Plans to overhaul the adult social care system are behind schedule despite progress in some areas, National Audit Office (NAO) has said. Two years into...

Nick Essex joins Liaise Group as chief financial officer

Liaise Group – provider of specialist care services for adults with learning disabilities, mental health and other complex needs – has appointed Nick Essex...