New chief inspector for Social Services Inspectorate
Denise Platt, currently head of social services at the Local Government Association, has been appointed chief inspector of the Social Services Inspectorate. She will...
Kent to introduce preferred provider lists
Kent county council is attempting to improve its social care purchasing function through the introduction of longer term contracts with a smaller group of...
ANS sale and leaseback
Last month, major sale and leaseback funds and others did not take seriously an offer from agents of Associated Nursing Services (ANS), to fund...
Care homes Loan Issue
Lehman Brothers has arranged the issue this month for SASCO Europe 1998 of £101,800,000 of Commercial Mortgage Backed Floating Rate Notes due March 2023....
Quality awards for social services departments
Nottinghamshire social services has been awarded Investors in People accreditation. The department, which employs around 8000 people, met the required standards after an external...
New president for CNA
Roy Gardner, chief executive of Centrica plc, has been named as the new president of the Carers National Association (CNA). He succeeds the late...
Statistics on social services staff published
Statistics from the annual September census of the staff of social service departments in England have been published by the Department of Health (DoH).The...
Review calls on Bury to address its weaknesses
The Audit Commission and Social Services Inspectorate (SSI) joint review of Bury's social services department has concluded that a number of people within Bury...
Amendments to CRAG
The Department of Health has published local authority circular (LAC(98)8) which outlines amendments to the charging assessment rules local authorities apply in respect of...
New chair and trustees for HACT
The Housing Associations Charitable Trust (HACT) has appointed June McKerrow, director of the Mental Health Foundation, as chair of the organisation. June McKerrow started...
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