Support lacking for older blind

Community Care Market News (News) March 2004Older blind people are not receiving the support they are entitled to, according to a new report by...

Bury extends day care

Bury Council is to spend £100,000 modernising its Redcliffe Elderly Person's Home in order to provide extra daycare facilities for older people in the...

Leeds service set to improve

Most people in Leeds are served well by social services and prospects for services improving in the future are promising, according to a Joint...

Country Housing Association deal

Community Care Market News (News) March 2004Country Housing Association (CHA), the country house preservation charity, has advertised the sale of eight of its properties...

OFT publishes contracts guide

Community Care Market News (News) March 2004The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published a guide to help privately funded residents secure fairer contract...

DoH issues funding guidance

Community Care Market News (News) March 2004The government has published its Guidance on Access and Systems Capacity Grant 2004/05 and the Delayed Discharge Grant...

Caerphilly opens first extra care scheme

Caerphilly has developed its Tredegar Court sheltered housing scheme into an extra care sheltered housing scheme at a cost of £1.2m.Tredegar Court will now...

Free Personal Care

Paul Burstow asked the Secretary of State for Health (10 Feb 2004: Column 1410W) whether his estimates of the cost of implementing the Royal...

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...

Joseph Rowntree establishes complex

Community Care Market News (News) February 2004A purpose-built care complex for older people has been opened by the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT). New...