RNHA questions hotel scheme
Community Care Market News (News) December 1997The Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA) has called into question the safety of a scheme whereby a charity...
Grants failure reduces independence
Community Care Market News (News) December 1997Older and disabled people can wait up to two years for essential adaptations and equipment because the disabled...
UKCC underlines role of nurses and health visitors in continuing care
Community Care Market News (News) December 1997The UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (UKCC) has produced a new report which seeks...
Walsall attacked over lack of choice
Care home owners in Walsall have complained to the Secretary of State for Health over the policy of Walsall metropolitan borough council with regard...
Health chair resigns over discharge policy
Community Care Market News (News) December 1997Angela Sealey, Chair of North and Mid Hampshire health authority, has written to Secretary of State for Health...
Scottish Councils failing on community care
Councils in Scotland spend around £750m on community care, but many of them do not know what care is provided, whether it is effective...
Age Concern response to OFT
Community Care Market News (News) December 1997Age Concern's response to the Office of Fair Trading's (OFT) inquiry into care homes has focused on the...
Council completes transfer
Dumfries and Galloway council has become the first council in Scotland to transfer its residential homes to the independent sector. Nine of the councils...
Duty of care causes stress
Community Care Market News (News) December 1997A study by the Policy Studies Institute (PSI) on the impact of an ageing parent living with their...
Essex home care strategy
Essex county council is seeking to balance the provision of home care services more equally between the in-house team and the independent sector. Previously,...
©2025 All rights reserved LaingBuisson 