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Coleman takes on Barchester chair

Barchester Healthcare has appointed John Coleman as chairman, replacing Baroness Ford of Cunningham. Mr Coleman was chief executive of House of Fraser from 1996 to 2006 and has 14 years’ experience of serving on boards in the leisure, building and retail sectors.

Orchard to operate further SX homes

Yorkshire-based care provider, Orchard Care Homes has won a contract operate 40 former Southern Cross care homes in the south of England and Wales. The value of the contract was not disclosed but Orchard now operates 110 care homes – making it one of the largest providers in the UK.

Registered Homes Tribunals

Community Care Market News (News) October 2000 Mrs J Neal V Medway Council - Decision 405 The manager of the Brompton...

Alzheimer’s guide

Community Care Market News (News) August 2001 The Alzheimer's Society has produced a new guide aimed at providing a planning resource for...

Acquisitions perform ahead of expectations for CareTech

With the performance of acquisitions made in the past few years performed ahead of expectations, CareTech told its shareholders in a pre-close trading statement that...

Publication of Royal Commission report awaited

Community Care Market News (News) February 1999 The Royal Commission on Long Term Care is due to report its findings before the...

CQC consults on fee hike plans

The Care Quality Commission has launched a new consultation containing outrageous’ plans to raise its fees. The inspectorate said it has to change fees for health and adult social care providers in order to meet the government’s requirement to recover its full chargeable costs’ from operators rather than its service being partially subsidised by the state.

Acorn and NFA merge

The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and private equity firm Stirling Square have merged their respective investments Acorn Care & Education and the National Fostering...

Can LTC recover its chance to support the NHS?

The publication of Care Quality Commission (CQC) reports highlighting serious concerns in the standards of care and dignity afforded to elderly patients in the England’s NHS hospitals last month could have been the opportunity that residential and nursing home providers have been waiting for.

Care homes boosts Sanctuary’s coffers

Sanctuary Housing Association reported revenues of £474m for the year ended 31 March 2013, a 9.8% increase on the previous year’s £431.5m.