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,...
Bettercare development
Community Care Market News (News) December 1997Bettercare Ltd is nearing the final stages in the development of its Uplands Care Centre in South East...
LA staff lose out on transfers
Local government workers are losing out when services are transferred to private contractors, according to the preliminary findings of a survey carried out by...
DGAA refurbishment for stroke unit
Community Care Market News (News) December 1997DGAA Homelife has announced details of a £1.8m facelift and expansion of its Rush Court nursing home in...
Rowntree Commission
The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 10 November at column 433) what assessment has been made of the Rowntree Commission's proposals...
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