JRF’s Unwin to sit on Mears’ board

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Chief executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust, Julia Unwin has joined the Mears Group board as a non-executive...

Booker joins City & County

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Former chief executive of Sevacare Roger Booker has joined homecare provider City & County Healthcare as chief operations officer.

Wyman to chair CQC

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Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has appointed Peter Wyman as chair of the Care Quality Commission. He has been chair of Yeovil District Hospital NHS...

Lynch to head ECL

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Keir Lynch is the new chief executive of ECL, the operator formerly known as Essex Cares that is wholly owned by Essex county council....

Evans scales Antartica’s heights

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Knight Frank’s head of healthcare Julian Evans has successfully climbed Antartica’s highest peak Mount Vinson. Sponsored by Caring Homes Group with additional support from...

New Year’s Honours

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MIND chief executive Paul Farmer is to receive a CBE in recognition of his services to mental health. Former ADASS president Sandie Keene will...

Loose to lead Bethphage

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Shropshire-based provider of support and services for people with learning disabilities Bethphage has appointed Peter Loose as chief executive. He is currently managing director...

Consensus appointment for south business

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Supported living provider Consensus has appointed Belinda Robinson as its new head of development and partnerships (south). She was previously at Avenues Group, where...

Alzheimer’s prescriptions have soared says HSCIC

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The latest figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) show that prescriptions for Alzheimer’s drugs are six times higher than a...

‘Challenging’ first year for Embrace

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In its first full year of trading Embrace Group (formerly European Care) reported revenues of £112,433 for the year ended 30 June 2015. After cost...
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