CM Personnel

Property consultant GVA has announced two promotions within its independent health and care business team.

The franchised domiciliary care provider, Care Watch, has appointed Phil Pegler as its new chief executive officer taking over from David Lyon who has been appointed vice-chairman of Carewatch’s parent company, Carewatch Holdings Ltd.

Anne Bygrave joined specialist support service, Lifeways, as director of operations North, last month.

Barchester Healthcare has promoted Caroline Roberts from head of regulation to the recently created post of director of regulation. Ms Roberts has worked in social care for 25 years.

European Care Group has appointed Ted Smith as its new chief executive officer, in a decision which will see the provider’s former head Anoup Treon focus on leadership of the board as executive chairman.

Social housing and elderly care provider Housing 21 has announced the appointment of Lord Ben Stoneham as chair designate to replace retiring chair, Professor David Grayson CBE.

Law firm Beechcroft has announced that consultant Peter Lee has been appointed as the chairman of Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust. For the past four years Mr Lee has been a non-executive director of Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust, a mental health and community services trust providing services in South Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, and is presently vice chairman of the Trust.

A new manager has been appointed at Healthcare Homes’ Hillings care home in Eaton Socon - Carolyn Brown joins amid a major refurbishment project.

The Northamptonshire based acquired brain injury specialist Christchurch Court has expanded its rehabilitation team.

Specialist care provider Voyage has made two appointments to its finance division in a move which boosts the team run by recently appointed chief financial officer Andrew Winning (CCMN March 2011).