Older people not a burden
Community Care Market News (News) December 1998Social Security Minister John Denham this month launched a consultation paper, entitled Building a Better Britain for Older...
Lancashire reviews contracting
Lancashire county council is considering the introduction of a range of contracting arrangements in response to recommendations made by the Audit Commission and Social...
Independent care home staff charged
Community Care Market News (News) December 1998Edinburgh council has acted quickly to protect elderly residents in a care home in the city, when two...
Report on housing and support for people with dementia
The Housing Associations Charitable Trust (HACT), in association with The Housing Corporation, the Home Group and the Dementia Services Development Centre, has published a...
Home closed following joint police and social services operation
Community Care Market News (News) December 1998Four female care workers were arrested this month when Essex Police, working with Essex social services, entered a...
Hackney home care users happy
The London borough of Hackney has conducted a survey of external home care services in the borough and found that 90% of users were...
Unison critical of hospital closure
Community Care Market News (News) December 1998Unison has reacted angrily to the decision this month by the Greater Glasgow health board, to close the...
Hammersmith & Fulham brings forward home closure
The London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has been forced to bring forward the closure of one of its care homes from April 2000...
New professional qualification for carers launched
Community Care Market News (News) December 1998The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has launched a new qualification for carers which is intended to bridge the gap...
Islington plans cuts in services
The London borough of Islington is proposing to make a series of cuts across all services, to meet the future demands of modernising service...
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