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Local authorities update
A number of local authorities have been outsourcing provision of services in the last few months. The following is an update of recent progress:Doncaster...
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...
Wolverhampton praised
Wolverhampton's social services department has been praised in a joint review report by the Social Services Inspectorate (SSI) and the Audit Commission. In particular,...
Home closed following joint police and social services operation
Community Care Market News (News) December 1998Four female care workers were arrested this month when Essex Police, working with Essex social services, entered a...
Unison critical of hospital closure
Community Care Market News (News) December 1998Unison has reacted angrily to the decision this month by the Greater Glasgow health board, to close the...
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...
New star rating system for Blackpool
Blackpool borough council is introducing a new star rating accreditation system for care homes. This follows the introduction of a similar system earlier this...
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...
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...
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...
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