Carers UK bank on Waters

Deputy chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Caroline Waters is to take on the role of vice president of Carers UK. The...

Care UK expands board

Dr Nori Graham, vice president and former chairman of the national Alzheimer's Society of England and Alzheimer's Disease International, has become a non-executive director...

King’s Fund expresses funding doubts

Financial and demographic pressures are undermining the government’s aims to stabilise the social care market through the Care and Support Bill (CCMn November 2010),...

Ofsted criticises care monitoring

Government watchdog Ofsted has said some local authorities are failing to properly arrange and monitor the effectiveness of education for children in care. These...

Healthcare Homes in the Pink

Healthcare Homes has appointed Ed Pink as financial controller of its domiciliary care division, Manorcourt Homecare. Mr Pink, who was previously a senior business...

SureCare expansion appointment

Homecare provider SureCare has appointed Tracy Newcombe as business development manager to help spearhead expansion in the north of England. Ms Newcombe will be...

Davies joins RPA board

Research in Practice for Adults has appointed Chris Davies as associate director. The former director of social services at Somerset and Cardiff will be...

Psychiatric post filled at Glen Care

Specialist care provider Glen Care, has appointed experienced psychiatrist Marcin Flirski to work at the London Autistic Spectrum Centre (LASC) in Anerley and the...

Four Seasons to bid for HC-One?

Property consultant Knight Frank has predicted that care home provider HC-One will be sold by the end of the year, adding further fuel to...

CQC unveils new mental health inspection regime

Independent mental healthcare providers should have been inspected under the new Care Quality Commission (CQC) regime by October 2015, according to chief inspector of...