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Protesters take issue with Highland plans
Highlands council is unlikely to release full tender details for its care home provision contract until the summer it revealed last month. The admission...
Wrexham councillors still under pressure over closure plans
Protests over the possible closure of one of Wrexham council’s two remaining authority-run care homes continued when residents handed officials a petition with 7,000...
Bury blames government for proposed charge increases
An urgent review of community based elderly care charges has been called by Bury council, which has claimed that a low increase in central...
Direct payment push at Somerset
Somerset county council has partnered with local business solutions provider A4e in a programme that will see direct payments rolled out to a wider...
Half million funding on line for Wirral
Wirral social services and education departments have successfully won a £500,000 grant from the Department of Health (DH) to set up a pilot scheme...
Learning disabilities boost for Dudley
Dudley council is to invest a further £1.3m in its learning disabilities care provision as part of a programme designed to modernise and promote...
Telecare roll out in Greenwich
Fall sensors, smoke alarms and a raft of other detection gadgets are to be installed in a number of vulnerable peoples’ homes by Greenwich...
Coventry to partner with Anchor
Councillors at Coventry city have approved plans to enter into a PFI partnership with specialist housing association Anchor Trust in an agreement that will...
SCIE set for April change
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has announced that Allan Bowman will take over as the new chair in April following Jane Campbell’s...
New Guardian to watch over eastern portfolio
Guardian Care Homes (UK) Ltd has promoted one of its former home managers to take on responsibility for the provider’s 11 homes in the...
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