Statistics on adult community care published

Community Care Market News (News) October 1999Information from the first national data collection resulting from the Referrals, Assessments and Packages of Care project was...

Scottish Parliament to investigate bed blocking

Community Care Market News (News) October 1999The Scottish Parliament's Health and Community Care Committee has agreed to conduct an inquiry into community care provision...

Pay rates continue to vary

Community Care Market News (News) October 1999A survey of care home support workers undertaken by Pay & Workforce Research has found that pay rates...

Confusion continues over travelling time

Community Care Market News (News) October 1999The issue of whether or not the National Minimum Wage (NMW) has to be paid in respect of...

Booming baby boomers

Community Care Market News (News) October 1999A study undertaken by Help the Aged and MORI has found that people between the ages of 50...

Women suffer poverty in old age

Community Care Market News (News) October 1999In contrast to the findings discussed in the report above, a separate survey undertaken by Help the Aged...

BUPA launches guide for older people

Community Care Market News (News) October 1999BUPA has produced a guide for older people which aims to provide information on a range of issues...

FSB calls for inquiry

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has presented a report to Susan Deacon, Scottish minister for health and community care, which calls for the...

Joint reviews

A further two joint reviews of social services have this month been published by the Audit Commission and the Social Services Inspectorate (SSI):DevonDevon's social...

Ombudsman criticises Hampshire

The Local Government Ombudsman has published the results of an investigation into a complaint against Hampshire county council's social services department, recommending that the...