Leeds launches home care service

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Leeds social services is developing a new domiciliary care service aimed at supporting people returning home after spending time in hospital. The social services...

More independence for people with learning disabilities

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Community Care Market News (News) March 2004A quarter of people with learning disabilities in Scotland are now living independently in the community according to...

Scottish reports highlight workforce problems

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Community Care Market News (News) March 2004The Third Annual Report of Scotland's chief social work inspector has found that local authorities in the country...

Bexley care home refurbished

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Bexley Council has announced a programme of refurbishment for eight care homes in the area managed by Kent Community Housing Trust (KCHT). KCHT will...

Domiciliary Care

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Mark Hoban asked the Secretary of State for Health (1) (12 Feb 2004: Column 1688W) what actions the National Care Standards Commission (NCSC) has...

Social Services Inspectorate performance assessments

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Community Care Market News (News) March 2004The Social Services Inspectorate (SSI) has set out how it intends to carry forward performance assessments in a...

Minister attacks free personal care

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Community Care Market News (News) March 2004Scotland's policy of giving elderly people free personal care should end according to former Scottish Executive education minister...

Improvement board to direct Blaenau

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Blaenau Gwent Council has asked for help from the Welsh Assembly Government's Improvement Board in order improve and stabilise its poorly performing social services....

Medway home care services streamlined

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Medway Council is proposing to streamline its provision of home care services in order to improve their efficiency. The council claims that by reducing...

Audit Commission reports on independent living

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Community Care Market News (News) March 2004The Audit Commission, together with Better Government for Older People, has published a series of reports examining the...
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