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Essex concern over reserves
Essex county council has expressed concern that its reserves have hit an all-time low. A report to the council's corporate strategy committee this month...
NHS receives £250m winter bonus
Community Care Market News (News) November 1998The NHS is to get an extra £250m this year to ensure that waiting lists do not spiral...
Care home groups welcome OFT report
Community Care Market News (News) November 1998Organisations representing care homes have welcomed the Office of Fair Trading's (OFT) report on care homes, despite originally...
White paper delayed again
Community Care Market News (News) November 1998Publication of the long-awaited White Paper on the regulation of social care has been put back yet again....
Image crisis for social services
Social services directors have requested urgent talks with government and other relevant organisations regarding the way social services are presented to the public over...
Call for higher NHS standards for older people
Community Care Market News (News) November 1998The Health Advisory Service (HAS 2000) has released the results of an inquiry into the quality of care...
Research project for carers launched
Community Care Market News (News) November 1998The Media Trust, a charity which aims to build partnerships between the voluntary sector and the media, has...
LAs continue outsourcing
Further to last month's report on local authorities looking to outsource the provision of home care and residential care, the following local authorities have...
£10m boost for social services in Kent
Kent county council is proposing to invest an additional £10m into social services next year. Of that sum, £750,000 would be invested in respite...
Scottish action plan for community care
Community Care Market News (News) November 1998A new action plan has been launched by Scottish ministers Sam Galbraith and Calum MacDonald, which aims to...
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