Care Markets

The projected £2.5bn annual cost of implementing the Dilnot fee cap has been underestimated by the treasury by around £150m a year according to consultancy Candesic.

St Andrews announced today that Gil Baldwin is to take over as chief executive of the mental health charity in July following the departure of Professor Philip Sugarman earlier this year. Mr Baldwin is currently advising the UK Government in relation to its G8 commitments on dementia. His background includes military service working all over the world including the Balkans and Iraq where he helped to re-establish civil societies and the underpinning infrastructure. He then joined Aviva, where he became managing director of Aviva Health. Following this he became chief executive of Tunstall which provides services which enable people with healthcare needs to remain living independently in their own homes.

Derbyshire county council has ended its contract with Housing & Care 21 to build 800 extra care apartments after the operator withdrew from the second phase of the scheme citing the fact it could not secure finances at a level that made the developments viable.

MPs published the Education Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2013-14 on Residential Children’s Homes last month which outlined when it is appropriate to refuse planning permission for children’s homes.

Four Season Health Care’s specialist care business The Huntercombe Group has appointed Valerie Michie as its new chief executive. Currently managing director of Serco Health, where she has overseen a turnaround in business performance and plotted significant growth in the UK, Middle East and Australia, Ms Michie is expected to take up her new post this summer.

Chief executive of the MS Society Michelle Mitchell has joined the board of trustees at The King’s Fund. Before joining the MS Society in 2013, Ms Mitchell was director general at Age UK, where she spearheaded work on social care, health and patient engagement.

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