Trinity interim figures
Trinity Care plc announced interim figures this month for the six month period ending 30 September 1998. Turnover increased 37% from £6.7m to £8.57m....
Care home groups welcome OFT report
Community Care Market News (News) November 1998Organisations representing care homes have welcomed the Office of Fair Trading's (OFT) report on care homes, despite originally...
Social services key indicator figures
Community Care Market News (News) November 1998The first data update to the 1998 Key Indicators Graphical System was issued this month. The graphical system...
Joint reviews highlight scope for improvements
Two joint reviews of social services departments were published this month by the Audit Commission/Social Services Inspectorate. Both Hertfordshire and Rochdale social services were...
White paper delayed again
Community Care Market News (News) November 1998Publication of the long-awaited White Paper on the regulation of social care has been put back yet again....
Buckinghamshire launches campaign to protect vulnerable adults
Buckinghamshire county council is launching a new campaign to protect vulnerable adults in care homes from abuse.The social services department, the local health authority...
Questions raised at Tamaris
What is happening at Tamaris seems to be the question that a lot of people in the industry have been asking in recent weeks....
Call for higher NHS standards for older people
Community Care Market News (News) November 1998The Health Advisory Service (HAS 2000) has released the results of an inquiry into the quality of care...
ADSS president
Chris Davies, director of social services in Somerset, was elected president of the Association of Directors of Social Services (ADSS) at its annual conference...
Research project for carers launched
Community Care Market News (News) November 1998The Media Trust, a charity which aims to build partnerships between the voluntary sector and the media, has...