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Scottish statistics show reduction in LA home care
Community Care Market News (News) December 1998The number of people receiving state-funded home care in Scotland fell by just over 9000 in 1997, following...
Hackney home care users happy
The London borough of Hackney has conducted a survey of external home care services in the borough and found that 90% of users were...
Islington plans cuts in services
The London borough of Islington is proposing to make a series of cuts across all services, to meet the future demands of modernising service...
No NMW adjustment in local government settlement
Community Care Market News (News) December 1998The government has published details of its local government finance settlement for social services in 1999/2000. The total...
Lancashire reviews contracting
Lancashire county council is considering the introduction of a range of contracting arrangements in response to recommendations made by the Audit Commission and Social...
Hammersmith & Fulham brings forward home closure
The London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has been forced to bring forward the closure of one of its care homes from April 2000...
Hartlepool home redeveloped as extra care facility
A former sheltered housing scheme run by Hartlepool council has reopened following a £1.8m redevelopment by Anchor Trust. Funding was provided through the Single...
Older people not a burden
Community Care Market News (News) December 1998Social Security Minister John Denham this month launched a consultation paper, entitled Building a Better Britain for Older...
Independent care home staff charged
Community Care Market News (News) December 1998Edinburgh council has acted quickly to protect elderly residents in a care home in the city, when two...
Report on housing and support for people with dementia
The Housing Associations Charitable Trust (HACT), in association with The Housing Corporation, the Home Group and the Dementia Services Development Centre, has published a...
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