RCN joins Court of Appeal case to determine who should fund long term nursing...

Community Care Market News (News) May 1999The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has joined in the current Court of Appeal case which will clarify...

OFT warns of low awareness of Competition Act

Community Care Market News (News) May 199977% of key business managers in the UK are unaware of the new Competition Act 1998, while 21%...

Secretary of State lends support to prevention campaign

Community Care Market News (News) May 1999Frank Dobson, Secretary of State for Health, has confirmed he will make the keynote address at the first...

HAS launches news NHS care standards

Community Care Market News (News) May 1999The Health Advisory Service (HAS 2000) is to launch five new sets of care standards for the frail...

New accreditation model for HIAs

Community Care Market News (News) May 1999Care and Repair England has announced this month that it has commissioned housing researcher Barbara Lucas to develop...

Quality guides published

Community Care Market News (News) May 1999Counsel and Care has published a series of guides aimed specifically at care assistants which aims to encourage...

Health Committee lends support to Royal Commission

Community Care Market News (News) May 1999The Health Select Committee of the House of Commons has issued a report supporting the findings of the...

Capital investment strategy for the NHS and social services

Community Care Market News (News) May 1999The Department of Health has published a Capital Investment Strategy for the first time. The strategy sets out...

Care standards published for Parkinson’s Disease

Community Care Market News (News) May 1999The first standards for the nursing care of people with Parkinson's Disease have been developed as part of...

Judicial review against Wiltshire rejected

A judicial review against Wiltshire county council was rejected by the High Court this month, after the judge praised the 'sympathetic and humane' way...