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White Paper promises welcome reforms
Community Care Market News (News) December 1998Publication this month of the long-overdue White Paper on social services has been welcomed by both independent sector...
New professional qualification for carers launched
Community Care Market News (News) December 1998The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has launched a new qualification for carers which is intended to bridge the gap...
Dispute over care standards
Community Care Market News (News) December 1998A row has broken out over the setting of national care standards for nursing and residential care, currently...
NHS moves provision to nursing home
Community Care Market News (News) December 1998Harrow and Hillingdon Healthcare NHS Trust has successfully transferred 24 patients from two long-stay hospitals to a purpose-built...
Consultation paper published on funding of supported accommodation
Community Care Market News (News) December 1998The Department of Social Security has published a consultation document, Supporting People, which proposes new funding arrangements for...
Castleoak and UCB launch design build finance facility
Community Care Market News (News) December 1998Castleoak and UCB Healthcare have launched a £30m finance facility for the healthcare sector as part of a...
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...
Craegmoor launches marketing initiative
Community Care Market News (News) December 1998Craegmoor Healthcare has introduced a new marketing initiative in an attempt to boost occupancy levels at one of...
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...
Supported housing schemes
Community Care Market News (News) November 1998Two new housing schemes have been opened by the ExtraCare Charitable Trust which aim to allow very frail...
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