New homes for Salford

Salford City Council has entered into a partnership with Manchester Care and housing association Wyre Housing, to upgrade residential and nursing care provision. It...

London borough receives £10m PFI funding

The London borough of Hammersmith & Fulham has been granted £10m of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) funding after joint approval from the Department of...

Action group fights council’s plans to transfer homes

Birmingham City Council has been served with a writ for injunction for an alleged violation of the Human Rights Act 1998, following its decision...

New homes referral agency for ex-service personnel

Community Care Market News (News) March 2001The Confederation of British Service and Ex-Service Organisations (COBSEO) has launched a referral agency, specifically to help members...

Croydon faces challenge

Croydon Nursing Homes Association and South London & Surrey Care Homes Association have applied for a judicial review which will clear the way for...

Information on direct payments

Essex social services has produced a leaflet providing information for people interested in taking up direct payments. The new leaflet, entitled Managing Your Own...

Four Seasons expansion

Four Seasons Healthcare has announced that it has taken on one further home from Regency Care Group. The 69-bed dual registered home is the...

Merton on special measures

Health Minister John Hutton has placed the London Borough of Merton on special measures, following a Social Services Inspectorate (SSI) inspection report which revealed...

Sheltered housing

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions was asked (Hansard 9 February 2001 at Column: 718W) what plans he has...

Capital disregard limits uprated

Community Care Market News (News) February 2001The capital disregard limits local authorities must take into account when applying the means test for people entering...