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HFT chairman
National learning disabilities charity HFT has announced the appointment of Robert Wood as the new chairman-elect of its council of trustees. Wood takes over...
SCIE takes charge of government agencies
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has confirmed that it is to take control of seven key Department of Health (DH) agencies in...
Physiotherapy report on home care
Community Care Market News (News) November 2004There are massive variations in council home care provision across England, with some local authorities providing very little...
Guidance for councils on top-ups
New Department of Health guidance ostensibly designed to stop councils from extracting top-up fees from care home residents has been criticised by the long...
Policy roadblock in London
There are fundamental policy dilemmas the government must face up to if it is to improve to social care services for London's elderly, the...
Welsh delayed discharge stats
Community Care Market News (News) November 2004The total number of patients experiencing delayed discharge from hospitals in Wales was 785 on 15 September 2004,...
LTC insurance regulations
New regulations about to come into force should mean greater protection for buyers of long-term care insurance (LTCI).From this month, all LTCI policies will...
Wanless-style review for social care?
A 'Wanless-style' review of social care should be commissioned by the government, an influential policy think-tank has said.The institute of public policy research (ippr)...
BUPA census highlights medical need for care homes
New research undertaken by BUPA has found that home care and extra care are not realistic options for most people now living in care...
ADL looking good
ADL plc, the renamed vehicle of former NHP managers Jeremy Davies and Richard Ellert, which previously traded as Matrix Healthcare, has published its interim...
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