Des Kelly to retire from NCF

Des Kelly is to retire as executive director of the National Care Forum, a position he has held since its formation 12 years ago....

Burstow to go back to university

Former Care Minister Paul Burstow has been appointed Professor of Health and Social Care at City University in London. Professor Burstow will input into...

Four new UKHCA board members

Managing director of Trinity Homecare Group Mike Smith and Jane Townson, chief executive of Somerset Care, have been elected to the board of the...

New director at Accord Group

The Accord Group has appointed Maxine Espley as executive director of health, social care and support. She was previously director of planning and contracting...

New developments

Sanctuary Group has opened a £12m care complex in Telford. The development comprises the £10.6m Rose Manor Extra Care Scheme, which offers 86 one- and...

No ‘improvement’ in MH services – CQC

A Care Quality Commission (CQC) survey of 13,000 community mental health service users has found ‘no notable improvement’ in the last year. In some areas...

Ideal Carehomes makes Living Wage pledge

Ideal Carehomes has pledged to pay its staff more than the National Living Wage. Its workers currently on its lowest wage will receive a...

Backing the home team – CCMn meets UKHCA director of policy and campaigns Colin...

Ahead of this month’s Spending Review , director of policy and campaigns at the UK Homecare Association Colin Angel talks about the problems facing...

CareTech increases capacity and occupancy

CareTech Holdings reported in a post-close trading update ahead of the publication of its results for the year ended 30 September 2015 in December...

Will the MH sector become the land of the giants?

The independent mental health sector in the UK has been consolidating at an unprecedented rate since the entry of two US health giants. In a...