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Highlands adds to its tender remit
Following its decision at the end of last year to open up its residential care provision to the independent sector, Highland council has said...
Hammersmith homecare charges dropped
Hammersmith & Fulham council has agreed to drop charges for over 800 people who currently pay for authority funded homecare. The movie is part...
Aberdeen overhauls homecarers contracts
Aberdeenshire council is looking to improve recruitment success in its homecare division following the implementation of changes that will offer more job security, guaranteed...
Calderdale clamps down on abuse
Three months after inspectors revealed problems in a Calderdale care home the council has produced a series of guides designed to improve conditions and...
CHIS team coached for top performance
Staff at the specialist insurance broker for the residential and nursing home care sector Care Home Insurance Service (CHIS) have undergone rigorous training with...
Minister calls for registration of care workers
Care services minister Liam Byrne has called for the registration of care workers who look after vulnerable people in a speech made at the...
Cerrus secures a Lancashire hot-spot!
England’s largest local authority providing long term care - Lancashire County Council - has joined the welter of providers choosing to operate the Saturn...
First phase of national minimum data set for social care complete
Skills for Care, the workforce development body for adult social care in England, has successfully completed its distribution of 10,000 national minimum data set...
Barclays Private Equity acquires Robinia for £80 million
Barclays Private Equity has acquired the specialist learning difficulties provider Robinia in a secondary management buy-out from Bridgepoint for £80 million.Barclays Private Equity is...
Legal Eye: How care providers can work within new age discrimination laws
From October 2006 discrimination on the grounds of age will be unlawful. Although the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations are currently still in draft form...
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