Bolton director
Andy Robertson has been appointed director of social services for Bolton metropolitan borough. He was appointed acting director in October last year following the...
ANS figures
Associated Nursing Services plc (ANS) reported this month preliminary figures for the 12 months ending 31 March 1998. Turnover rose just over £4m or...
Care UK bid
Care UK plc formally announced early this month on the London Stock Exchange that it was in very early preliminary talks with a third...
Essex homes win quality accreditation
Essex county council is considering extending a quality assurance scheme to all its residential care homes following the successful completion of the accreditation system...
Gloucestershire looks to reduce delayed discharges
Gloucestershire county council's social services committee has expressed its continuing concern at the high number of people whose discharge from hospital is delayed because...
Nestor makes acquisition
Nestor Healthcare Group plc announced this month that it has purchased 51% of Carewatch Care Services Ltd for a cash consideration of £284,000.Carewatch specialises...
NHP placing
NHP, the property investment group specialising in the purchase and leaseback of mainly purpose-built care home properties announced this month that it is undertaking...
Shropshire seeks recovery of debt
Shropshire county council is threatening to take around 80 people with learning disabilities to court in an attempt to recover monies owned for attendance...
Overspend at Redbridge
Social services chiefs at the London borough of Redbridge are looking to address the problem of bed blocking in a local hospital which has...
New operator in sector
Sushil Radia, formerly with Care First (and prior to that Court Cavendish) has set up a new company - Riseway Investment Ltd.Mr Radia opted...
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