Scottish delayed discharge figures

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Community Care Market News (News) July 2004The Scottish Executive has said that annual targets for reducing the number of people delayed for too long...

Wales: care home council tax consultation

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Community Care Market News (News) July 2004The National Assembly for Wales has launched a consultation on proposals to introduce legislation which would treat care...

Wales: local authority expenditure 2004/05

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Community Care Market News (News) July 2004Social services will account for 18% of local authority expenditure in Wales in 2004/05, almost half of the...

Highland home care concerns

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Community Care Market News (News) July 2004A sharp increase in the amount charged by Highland Council for providing home care has led 35 users...

Scottish opposition to new fire regulations

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Community Care Market News (News) July 2004Care home representatives are demanding an early review of guidance over fire safety, following complaints that residents are...

Chancellor’s spending review

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Community Care Market News (News) July 2004Chancellor Gordon Brown set out his three year spending plans as CCMN went to press. The Chancellor's statement...

NHS improvement plan

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Community Care Market News (News) July 2004There was little mention of social care in the Department of Health's (DH) NHS Improvement Plan, published last...

Ladyman fails to deliver on care home refund pledge

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Community Care Market News (News) July 2004The government has missed its deadline for refunding thousands of elderly people who have been inappropriately denied fully-funded...

Big guns battle it out for Reading block contracts

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Community Care Market News (News) July 2004Life Style Care plc, the care home provider run by Ramesh Sachdev, has opened its largest care centre...

DH responds to report on elder abuse

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Community Care Market News (News) July 2004Campaigners have urged the government to rethink its strategy on elder abuse, after the Department of Health (DH)...
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