NCF Announces Election Of New Board Members

The National Care Forum (NCF) has announced the appointment of two new board members at its AGM today.

Professor Vic Rayner OBE, Chief Executive Officer, said:
“Many congratulations and a big welcome to Alison Beachim, CEO of New Outlook Housing Association & Vision Homes Association and Jonathan Palmer, CEO of Somerset Care as they join the NCF board. The expertise and breadth of knowledge of these new board members, combined with the continued commitment and support provided by the existing board will further equip NCF to represent not-for-profit care provision at a time when our members, and the wider adult social care sector, continues to operate under considerable strain.

“We extend our sincere thanks to Rob Martin, who served as a board member in his former role as Managing Director Care Services at Anchor, and Maxine Espley, Chief Executive at Hightown Housing for their many years of support as they step down from the board.” she concluded.

The new board members join the existing board which comprises Andy Cole of Royal Star & Garter (Chair), Sarah Clarke-Kuehn from Sanctuary, Rachael Dodgson of Dimensions, Jim

Kane from Community Integrated Care, Oona Goldsworthy of Brunelcare, Dan Hayes of The Orders of St John Care Trust, Brian James from Cedarmore Housing Association, Maria Mills of Active Prospects, Martin Rix from Belong and Alison Waller of Corserv Care.

NCF members heard from Chris Badger, new Chief Inspector for Adult Social Care at the Care Quality Commission who provided an update on the progress that CQC are making on its improvement journey. He shared the CQC’s latest position on strategic development, with a focus on the adult social care sector, progress on the work to scale the volume of inspections and resolve registration delays, the plans to refine the assessment approach and how CQC plans to make assessment judgements and determine ratings.