PFI deal completed

Community Care Market News (News) March 2000The contract for the UK's first joint health and social services Private Finance Initiative (PFI) project has been...

Stockton terminates contract

Stockton-on-Tees borough council has terminated a domiciliary care contract with Glenholme Care due to serious concerns over the quality of care being provided by...

Mixed results for East Riding

The Audit Commission/Social Services Inspectorate (SSI) joint review of East Riding of Yorkshire has found that, although many people are well served by the...

Hutton rejects rigid staffing ratios

Community Care Market News (News) March 2000Health Minister John Hutton has indicated that the finalised national standards for nursing and residential care, currently being...

Norfolk freezes fee rates

Norfolk county council has written to nursing and residential home operators warning them that it will not be increasing fee rates for nursing and...

What future for sale and leaseback?

Community Care Market News (News) March 2000Concerns have continued over the future of NHP plc, the UK's largest sale and leaseback operator in the...

LGA warn of social services cuts

The Local Government Association (LGA) has expressed concerns that the government's decision to phase in the implementation of the asylum seekers dispersal scheme may...

Care workers pay increases

Community Care Market News (News) March 2000Recent research undertaken for the Low Pay Commission by Pay & Workforce Research (PWR) has found that support...

Lancashire agrees fee increase

Lancashire county council has agreed to raise the level of its fee increase for nursing and residential care following the declaration of a dispute...

St John Ambulance and BT partnership

Community Care Market News (News) March 2000A new partnership between BT and ST John Ambulance has been developed to benefit informal carers across the...