Quality of care causes concern
Community Care Market News (News) July 1998Research published by Mencap investigating access to health services by people with learning disabilities concludes that the NHS...
BUPA launches new long term care products
Community Care Market News (News) July 1998BUPA has launched two new long term care insurance products, in conjunction with a specialist long term care...
£1m to support Welsh primary care
Community Care Market News (News) July 1998Welsh health minister Win Griffiths has announced details of the allocation of £1m which will be devoted to...
NHP interim results
Nursing Home Properties (NHP) plc has announced this month interim figures for the six month period to 31 March 1998. Turnover has increased by...
All change at Manchester Care
Sylvia Edwards, formerly chief executive of Manchester Care (see separate article below), has joined Rochefort Healthcare, based in Windsor, as group operations controller.Huw John,...
Tamaris figures
Tamaris plc announced this month its preliminary figures for the year ended 31 March 1998. Turnover has jumped 87% from £19.12m to £35.71m, reflecting...
Property deals for Tamaris
Tamaris this month acquired from Prolock Trading Limited, the whole of the share capital of Billinghay Limited, for a consideration price of £2.01m.The consideration...
Castleoak appointment
The Castleoak group has appointed Stan Tunstall to the position of dedicated after sales manager to maintain levels of customer care on completed care...
Disabled people
The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 1 June at column 132) if the Department of Health (DoH) will issue further guidance...
Winter pressures
The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 2 June 1998 at column 169) what proportion of the extra funding provided to the...