Lord Warner opens ISTC

Health minister Lord Warner has officially opened Care UK’s independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) in Barlborough near Chesterfield.The £9m centre, which is run by...

Glasgow’s pre-school plans

Glasgow Council is consulting on plans to build 16 new primary schools, which will all have facilities for early years education classes on site.The...

Southwark to deliver children’s centres ahead of schedule

Southwark Council has approved plans to make children’s centre services available to all families in the London borough by 2008, two years ahead of...

Meeting the regulatory and inspection burden without the paperwork

Prior to the Care Standards Act 2000, the introduction of national minimum standards and the increasing emphasis on regulation and inspection, the administrative burden...

Commission for Social Care Inspection

Simon Burns asked the Secretary of State for Health (5 October 2005; Column 2813W) (1) what the reasons were for the decision to merge...

Continuing Care

Sandra Gidley asked the Secretary of State for Health (10 October 2005; Column 200W) which stakeholders have been consulted in the development of the...

Childcare Bill binds local authorities to work with exisiting providers

Local authorities will be legally bound to work with voluntary and private sector providers when carrying out their new ‘market manager’ role, under the...

Work and Families Bill to benefit new fathers

Fathers of new-born babies will be eligible for up to three months paid paternity leave by 2007 if the Work and Families Bill is...

Southern Cross shoots to top of the table

Southern Cross Healthcare has become the largest independent provider in the sector following a deal that saw it acquire the leasehold interest of Ashbourne...

Strategic review heralds Duke’s exit from Paragon

Learning disabilities care provider the Paragon Healthcare Group is set to be one of the next companies to be put up for auction after...