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...
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...
Carers
The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 15 June 1998 at column 93) if the Department of Health (DoH) will be issuing...
Councils ignoring legal ruling
Community Care Market News (News) July 1998Local authorities are defying the Sefton High Court ruling on payment of elderly clients' fees, according to charity...
NHP tenant goes down
Community Care Market News (News) July 1998In a little reported event this month, an operator called Eton Hall which had leased all its care...
Longcare abuse inquiry published
Community Care Market News (News) July 1998The independent inquiry set up on the orders of health minister Paul Boateng to investigate abuse in residential...
Statistics on social services spending
Community Care Market News (News) July 1998Figures on current and capital expenditure by social services have been published this month by the Department of...
Preventive services play important role
Community Care Market News (News) July 1998A study published this month by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation concludes that 'low level' services like help with...
Peer’s bill aims to close loophole
Community Care Market News (News) July 1998A loophole in the Registered Establishments (Scotland) Act 1987 which meant that a number of independent residential and...
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