Joint working initiative for Havering
Havering borough council and Barking and Havering health authority are to create a new management position aimed at improving joint working between health and...
Haringey director
Mary Richardson has joined Haringey council, as director of housing and social services. She was previously director of social services at Waltham Forest where...
NHP acquires 25 homes
Nursing Home Properties (NHP) this month announced the acquisition, through its subsidiaries, of 25 care homes comprising 1020 beds for £38.214m.The acquisitions are:1. The recently...
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...
Much goodwill for BUPA
Some intresting figures this month on the profit performance of care home groups was contained in BUPA's Annual Report and Accounts for the year...
Respite care
The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 6 April 1998 at column 124) what assessment has been made of the availability of...
Disability living allowance
The Secretary of State for Social Security was asked (Hansard 24 April 1998 at column 731) what plans there are to extend the Benefit...
Huntington’s Disease support
A new care adviser for Essex is to be appointed to provide specialist advice to carers and families affected by Huntington's Disease.The appointment by...
Bolton community care centre opens
Bolton council has opened Lilian Hamer House, a refurbished community care centre offering residential care, day care and 'drop-in' facilities for elderly people. The...
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