Welsh Care standards guidance

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Community Care Market News (News) February 2004The Care Standards Inspectorate for Wales has issued supplementary guidance on intermediate care. The guidance provides additional advice...

AMEC wins £7m Wiltshire contract

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Community Care Market News (News) February 2004AMEC, the international engineering services company, has been awarded a £7m design and build contract by Chiltern Securities...

Northumberland homes decision

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Northumberland County Council has decided not to close three of its care homes following a period of consultation with residents and staff. The council...

Health Select Committee takes evidence on elder abuse

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Community Care Market News (News) February 2004A recent Health Select Committee meeting on elder abuse has heard evidence from leading figures in the healthcare...

Blind and partially-sighted people statistics

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Community Care Market News (News) February 2004The Department of Health has issued statistics on blind or partially sighted people registered with Councils with Social...

Continuing care revisions

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Community Care Market News (News) February 2004The Department of Health has issued a draft document Continuing Care (National Health Service Responsibilities) Directions 2004 on...

Bed boost for Surrey

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Surrey County Council, in partnership with the NHS, is to convert two of of its residential care homes to provide a mix of 60...

Consumers’ Association care homes complaint

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Community Care Market News (News) February 2004A 'super-complaint' has been issued by the Consumers' Association to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) against the...

£12m palliative care funding

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Community Care Market News (News) February 2004Health Secretary John Reid has announced an additional £12m investment to improve care for the dying. There are...

Ombudsman investigations

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Community Care Market News (News) February 2004Health service ombudsman Ann Abraham has published a selection of her latest investigations into complaints against the NHS....
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