Success claims for rehabilitation scheme

Community Care Market News (News) May 1999Gateshead Health NHS Trust is claiming success for a pilot scheme set up to help people suffering from...

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...

Shropshire transfers residential home

Shropshire county council has transferred the management of one of its remaining two residential homes to Coverage Care (Shropshire) Ltd.The running of Coton Hill...

Stockton-on-Tees tenders domiciliary care service

Stockton-on-Tees borough council social services department is seeking tenders for the provision of its domiciliary care service. The council retains its in-house service but...

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...

London councils contracting out home care services

The London boroughs of Brent, Enfield and Southwark have this month confirmed plans to reduce the amount of home care provided in-house by putting...