Single Assessment delays feared

Community Care Market News (News) March 2004Fears have been raised that local authorities are not ready to implement the Single Assessment Process. Single Assessments,...

Devon to make reductions in social services

Devon County Council is proposing spending cuts of more than £11m to its 2004/05 budget leading to significant reductions in social services. According to...

Care Workers

Simon Burns asked the Secretary of State for Health (12 Feb 2004: Column 1685W) how many people in England are employed as care workers;...

Growth continues in UK nursery market as capacity outpaces demand (25/02/04)

25 Febuary 2004. This strong growth has been driven by a combination of higher nursery fees (up %), and increased demand from parents for nursery...

Care Direct

Community Care Market News (News) February 2004A Department of Health telephone helpline designed to help older people gain access to information on social care,...

Government disability report

Community Care Market News (News) February 2004The Department of Health (DoH) has published a report into the performance of social care services for physically...

Life Style given £100m boost by RBS

Life Style Care plc, the fast growing long term care company run by Ramesh Sachdev, has announced a major raft of support from its...

DoH consultation on CHAI and CSCI

Community Care Market News (News) February 2004The Department of Health (DoH) has issued consultation documents on draft regulations for the Commission for Healthcare Audit...

IHA merges with English Care

Community Care Market News (News) February 2004Following the recent withdrawal of acute and mental health operators from the Independent Healthcare Association (IHA), the IHA...

Majority stake acquired in Matrix

Matrix Healthcare plc, the struggling nursing home operator, quoted on the AIM market, has been acquired by a 'concert party' consisting of Jeremy Davies,...