WCS Care appoints new leader as Christine Asbury decides to step down

Christine Asbury will step down from her role as chief executive at WCS Care at the end of September.  Ed Russell, who started his career...

Worries remain despite downward trend in number of care home deaths

Care providers are worried the number of care and nursing home deaths from coronavirus could rise if lockdown restrictions are lifted too quickly. Figures released...

McCarthy & Stone appoints Martin Abell as CFO

Developer and manager of retirement communities McCarthy & Stone has appointed Martin Abell as chief financial officer (CFO). Abell will join the business as CFO...

CQC raises concern over human rights and poor care in mental health services

The health and care regulator has written to mental health service providers over concerns the impact lockdown is having on the human rights of...

VIDEO: Simon Parker speaks to… 

In this episode of The Care Home Show Simon Parker, founder of the care management consultancy SP&P, speaks to his guest Rachel Beckett who...

Investor appeal

Fragmentation of the day nurseries market is one of the factors that makes it appealing to investors. Ellie Robinson finds out what investors are...

Ashley House raises funds through sales

Health and housing property partner Ashley House plc has sold its interests in Partnering Health Ltd (PHL) and Infracare LIFT Holdings Ltd to its major lender Invescare...

CM meets… Purnima Tanuku

The National Day Nurseries Association chief executive has developed the organisation into the voice of the sector. She has negotiated with government ministers, civil...

Inspired Villages receives permission to develop further communities

Legal & General’s later living business Inspired Villages has secured planning permission to develop two retirement projects. It will build a village on a six-acre...

Fighting fear

Andy Nazer, campaign manager at Campaign to End Loneliness, discusses loneliness among older people during the pandemic I didn’t really think of myself as being...