Care home margins boosted by promise of fee rate rises

Community Care Market News (News) July 2004Community Care Market News' annual survey of baseline fee rates for care of older people has found that...

Scottish registration fees

Community Care Market News (News) July 2004The Scottish Care Commission has announced its registration fees for 2004/2005.* Application for Registration - £2,690 (previously £2,224).* Annual continuation...

Delayed discharge fines to be extended?

Community Care Market News (News) July 2004Health minister Stephen Ladyman stepped up the pressure on local authorities to cut delayed discharge figures last month,...

Craegmoor NVQ City & Guilds status

Community Care Market News (News) July 2004Craegmoor Healthcare is now able to deliver training for NVQs internally to all staff working within its secure...

Adult placement carers shun registration

Community Care Market News (News) July 2004More than two thirds of adult placement carers in England are not registered with regulators, new research has...

Older people ‘forced to share homes’

Community Care Market News (News) July 2004A significant number of elderly people are being wrongly housed with younger people with learning disabilities, new research...

Poor IT infrastructure hits single assessment progress

Community Care Market News (News) July 2004The implementation of the single assessment process (SAP) for older people is being held back by poor IT...

CSCI shifts focus to clinical governance

Community Care Market News (News) July 2004The Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) is building pharmacy, nursing, clinical governance and case tracking into its...

Scottish delayed discharge figures

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

Care UK growth continues

Care UK plc has announced its interim results for the six months to 31 March 2004. The company reported a revenue increase of 18%...