Minimum wage will cost £90m
Community Care Market News (News) June 1998A minimum wage of £3.60 could add £90m to the costs of private and voluntary care homes in...
IHA seeks closer links
Community Care Market News (News) June 1998The Independent Healthcare Association (IHA) has this month taken steps which aim to achieve greater credibility and strength...
Local authority homecare 80% more expensive than independent sector care
Community Care Market News (News) June 1998A local authority in-house homecare hour costs 80% more than one purchased from the independent sector, according to...
Strategy to review help for carers
Community Care Market News (News) June 1998Following publication of the Carers National Association report and to coincide with national carers' week, the Prime Minister...
Rehabilitation services failing
Community Care Market News (News) June 1998Older heart attack patients are denied access to effective rehabilitation programmes, according to recent research undertaken by Age...
Guide to LTC insurance
Community Care Market News (News) June 1998The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has produced a guide to long term care insurance. The leaflet sets...
Closure for Turning Point centre
Community Care Market News (News) June 1998Turning Point has announced the closure of its residential drug rehabilitation centre in Hackney, East London, due to...
Pressure mounts on fee levels
Community Care Market News (News) June 1998Nursing and residential home owners dependent on local authority referrals are facing the prospect of tighter control on...
Scottish councils failed on inspection duties
Over two-thirds of Scottish councils failed to make the recommended targets for inspection of residential homes in 1996/97, according to a pamphlet comparing the...
L&B marketing move
Philip McAuley, former marketing director of Care First plc, has joined Laing & Buisson to oversee the development of a new service offering marketing...
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