Croydon looks to control expansion of care home market

Croydon council has introduced new supplementary planning guidance in an attempt to control the number of new residential and nursing homes opening in the...

Social Services directors issue warning over cuts

Community Care Market News (News) March 1998Social services directors in the Thames and Anglia region have issued a warning that continued demand for social...

EAT makes decision on Cornwall Care

Community Care Market News (News) March 1998The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has delivered its judgment in the case of Cornwall Care ruling that although...

Drug and alcohol grants

Community Care Market News (News) March 1998The Department of Health (DoH) has issued a Local Authority Circular (LAC(98)6) which sets out the arrangements for...

Nursing costs of long term care

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 27 January 1998 at column 201) what consultation the government has carried out on the...

Debate of the Age launched

Community Care Market News (News) March 1998Age Concern is coordinating the largest public consultation initiative ever undertaken in Britain, entitled The Millennium Debate of...

Health Committee hears evidence on prevalence of Berlin Walls

Community Care Market News (News) March 1998The Health Committee has this month heard evidence from the Department of Health (DoH), the Association of Directors...

RNHA response to open reporting

Community Care Market News (News) March 1998The Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA) has published its response to the consultation document published by the government...

Time to invest in rehabilitation

Community Care Market News (News) March 1998Pressures on hospitals and long-term care facilities could be relieved if rehabilitation services were developed more widely, according...

Health Action Zone bids focus on elderly, childrens’ and mental health services

Community Care Market News (News) March 1998Plans to improve services for children, elderly people and those suffering from mental illness are at the core...