New look for home care association

Community Care Market News (News) November 2004The British Association of Domiciliary Care (BADCO) relaunched itself last month as a new organisation aiming to represent...

Vulnerable Adults List

Claire Curtis-Thomas asked the Secretary of State for Health (26 October 2004: Column 1205W) if he will make a statement on the operation of...

Hertfordshire adult services director

Sarah Pickup has been appointed as director of Hertfordshire County Council's adult care services. She has been the department's acting director since September last...

Care Expo joins forces with Emap

Community Care Market News (News) November 2004Care Expo, the national exhibition for the intermediate and long-term care sectors run by Laing & Buisson and...

Newport home care workers accept improved package

Council-employed home care workers in Gwent have called off a strike being planned in protest against new job plans and conditions being proposed by...

CSCI report on Windsor and Maidenhead

Services for older people in Windsor and Maidenhead are serving most people well and the capacity for improvement is promising, the Commission for Social...

Company valuations skyrocket as Barchester wins Westminster

Community Care Market News (News) November 2004The long term care market has been jolted by what could be the most ambitious valuation of a...

Craegmoor opens £10m Glasgow dementia centre

Craegmoor Healthcare has opened a £10m dementia care centre for older people in the Castlemilk area of Glasgow.Torbrae, a new purpose-designed facility developed in...

Solihull head of community care

Solihull Council has appointed Bindi Nagra to the new post of head of community services. He was previously head of adult care for the...

NHS staff to face CRB checks – but still no news on POVA

Community Care Market News (News) November 2004Independent care providers have welcomed news that all new NHS staff who have access to patients are to...