Councils should review cost and quality of care

Community Care Market News (News) March 1999A report published this month by the Accounts Commission for Scotland has suggested that councils can afford to...

Industry prepares for NMW

Community Care Market News (News) March 1999The government is to spend almost £5m on an advertising campaign highlighting the introduction of the National Minimum...

District nursing services should modernise

Community Care Market News (News) March 1999District nursing services face increasing demands for care in patients' own homes and need to modernise if they...

Government postpones decision on long term care funding

Community Care Market News (News) March 1999The government has responded to publication of the Royal Commission's report on the future funding of long term...

Bettercare centre opens

Community Care Market News (News) March 1999Bettercare has opened its £3m Emberbrook Care Centre on the former Milk Marketing Board site in Thames Ditton,...

Nottinghamshire plans home care expansion

Nottinghamshire social services committee has approved plans to conduct a major reorganisation of the way home care services are delivered in the county.The proposals...

St Andrew’s Hospital announces new care facility

St Andrew's Hospital has announced this month that it is building a new home in South Essex, to care for patients with long-term and...

Directory shows continued expansion of major providers

Community Care Market News (News) March 1999Corporate providers of nursing and residential care continued to expand during 1998, according to the twelfth edition of...

Oxfordshire to close home

Oxfordshire social services committee this month agreed to close a residential home to save money from the social services budget.The Osney Court home which...

Shropshire considers scrapping charges for learning disabilities

Shropshire county council is considering scrapping charges for day services for adults with learning disabilities.Members of the social services committee will discuss removing the...