Join thousands of sector professionals
Lancashire homes to close
Lancashire county council is to close three of its 54 homes for elderly people in order to raise capital receipts and achieve revenue savings....
Advisory service for Bolton
Bolton council has announced the setting up of five advisory groups to work closely with users of social services. The groups will make recommendations...
Essex looking for host carers
Essex county council has launched a 'Home Share Day Scheme' which aims to provide day care for older residents in a family environment. The...
Disabled people
The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 1 June at column 132) if the Department of Health (DoH) will issue further guidance...
Kent invests in specialist care
Kent county council is to invest £350,000 in equipment for special care units at the council's day centres for people with learning disabilities. The...
Winter pressures
The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 2 June 1998 at column 169) what proportion of the extra funding provided to the...
Residential care unpopular with users
Community Care Market News (News) June 1998A report published by Values into Action, The Cost of Opportunity, claims that people with learning disabilities do...
Value of privacy and dignity
Community Care Market News (News) June 1998The key values of privacy, dignity, independence and choice are valued by care staff, residents and their relatives,...
Closure for Turning Point centre
Community Care Market News (News) June 1998Turning Point has announced the closure of its residential drug rehabilitation centre in Hackney, East London, due to...
Guide to disability benefits
Community Care Market News (News) June 1998The 23rd edition of the Disability Rights Handbook covering the period from April 1998 to April 1999 is...
©2026 All rights reserved LaingBuisson