NEWS HR

Healthcare communications specialists Fiona Edwards and Katie Langdon have launched a new creative agency specialising in pharmaceutical marketing services.

During its meeting yesterday, HouseMark Scotland’s Advisory Board confirmed the appointment of Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association chief executive, Helen Murdoch, to its chairperson role.

Anthony Egan joins Sunningdale court, which is operated by Hull-based Hica Group.

Richard Hellewell is to retire from Royal Blind ahead of plans to increase staff number by 25% to cope with expansion to the west of Scotland.

Debra Gilderdale has been appointed director of operations and nursing at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust.

A London housing association has appointed a former director of homelessness services as its interim chief executive. John Gregory has taken over from Mick Sweeney, who left the organisation after 30 years at the helm, on a temporary basis.

The Scottish Housing Regulator has appointed a manager and three new board members at Arklet Housing Association “as a matter of urgency”.

A care home manager allegedly shouted at a wheelchair-bound dementia victim, before shoving her into a room and blocking the door. Lisa Rodo, 46, who previously ran Rosehurst Care Home in Deal, also allegedly verbally abused a second dementia patient, calling him a “woman beater”. She pleaded not guilty to two counts of wilful neglect of a person without capacity at Folkestone Magistrates Court yesterday.