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Kent to introduce preferred provider lists
Kent county council is attempting to improve its social care purchasing function through the introduction of longer term contracts with a smaller group of...
Direct payments
The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 23 March 1998 at column 46) what evaluation has been made of the scope for...
Scottish LAs receive Care and Repair funding
£5m will be distributed to Scottish local authorities to help older people repair or adapt their homes, Scottish Housing Minister, Calum MacDonald MP has...
Review calls on Bury to address its weaknesses
The Audit Commission and Social Services Inspectorate (SSI) joint review of Bury's social services department has concluded that a number of people within Bury...
General Social Care Council
The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 11 March 1998 at column 236) if the government will include proposals for a national...
Amendments to CRAG
The Department of Health has published local authority circular (LAC(98)8) which outlines amendments to the charging assessment rules local authorities apply in respect of...
Tenants vote in favour of transfer
600 tenants of the London borough of Redbridge's sheltered housing schemes have voted in favour of the transfer of their homes to three housing...
Scottish Office publishes community care statistics
Community Care Market News (News) April 1998The number of places in private nursing homes in Scotland doubled between 1990 and 1996, rising from 11,000...
GPs left to ‘plug’ healthcare gap in homes
Community Care Market News (News) April 1998GPs have been forced to become unpaid, harassed 'hospital' house officers as they are forced to cover the...
Age Concern highlights benefits take-up
Community Care Market News (News) April 1998Age Concern is running a freephone line to advise pensioners on their entitlement to benefits during Your Rights...
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