Gateshead signs deal with Housing 21

Gateshead Council has entered into a formal partnership with Housing 21 to provide very sheltered accommodation for older people.The first project in a £15m...

Sheffield protest

Independent sector care home owners in Sheffield have vowed not to take any more residents at the 'unlawfully low' standard fee rate set by...

Learning disabilities white paper

Community Care Market News (News) April 2001People with learning disabilities should have a greater say over how and where they live, according to the...

Fewer delayed discharges

Community Care Market News (News) April 2001In its review of how the NHS has coped during the winter period, the Department of Health claimed...

Home care workers take on greater responsibility

Community Care Market News (News) April 2001Home care workers are taking on more and more responsibility, even as their pay and conditions are being...

Social work degree

Community Care Market News (News) April 2001Health Minister John Hutton has announced reforms to professional social work training, including the introduction of a three...

Long term care insurance static

Community Care Market News (News) April 2001Consultants got it wrong when they predicted huge growth in long-term care insurance, just as they got it...

New nursing home for Sanctuary

Community Care Market News (News) April 2001Sanctuary Care has commenced work in its eighth home, Riverlee Nursing Home in Greenwich, South East London. The...

Methodist Homes rebranded

Community Care Market News (News) April 2001Methodist Homes for the Aged and Methodist Homes Housing Association have formed the MHA Care Group to develop...

Charities seek closer collaboration

Community Care Market News (News) April 2001Help the Aged and Age Concern have commissioned a review of their activity from Deloitte and Touche to...