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Overspend at Redbridge
Social services chiefs at the London borough of Redbridge are looking to address the problem of bed blocking in a local hospital which has...
Shropshire seeks recovery of debt
Shropshire county council is threatening to take around 80 people with learning disabilities to court in an attempt to recover monies owned for attendance...
Essex homes win quality accreditation
Essex county council is considering extending a quality assurance scheme to all its residential care homes following the successful completion of the accreditation system...
Age Concern guide to combat overuse of drugs
Age Concern has this month published a guide to good practice regarding the use of anti-psychotic sedatives on patients with dementia in care homes....
Joint reviews report mixed performance
The Social Services Inspectorate (SSI) and Audit Commission have this month published three reports of reviews of social services departments. Whilst West Sussex received...
Gloucestershire looks to reduce delayed discharges
Gloucestershire county council's social services committee has expressed its continuing concern at the high number of people whose discharge from hospital is delayed because...
Bolton director
Andy Robertson has been appointed director of social services for Bolton metropolitan borough. He was appointed acting director in October last year following the...
Care UK bid
Care UK plc formally announced early this month on the London Stock Exchange that it was in very early preliminary talks with a third...
Carers
The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 15 June 1998 at column 93) if the Department of Health (DoH) will be issuing...
Far East backlash
The troubles in the Far East financial markets washed over this month into the UK care home sector. It had already been learnt in...
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