Matthew Taylor moves to No.10

Matthew Taylor, director of the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), is to be seconded to Downing Street from autumn. Taylor will join the...

Midlothian promotes direct payments

Midlothian Council is stepping up its promotion of direct payments to adults with disabilities and parents of disabled children so they can opt to...

Local health boards to receive £11m

Community Care Market News (News) October 2003Wales' health minister Jane Hutt has announced over £11m is to be allocated to Local Health Boards to...

Bedfordshire and Luton supported living

Community Care Market News (News) October 2003Bedfordshire and Luton Community NHS Trust has sold 14 of its homes in a move towards allowing people...

NCSC death notice guidance

Community Care Market News (News) October 2003The NCSC has issued guidance for providers on Regulation 37 Care Homes Regulations 2001- Notification of Death, Illness...

Scottish RAF care home to close

Community Care Market News (News) October 2003Alastrean House care home in Tarland, Aberdeenshire is to close, according to the RAF Benevolent fund. The home,...

CLS Care buys care home freeholds

Community Care Market News (News) October 2003CLS Care Services Group, the charitable care provider for older people, has recently purchased the freeholds for its...

Nurses demand help with abuse cases

Community Care Market News (News) October 2003Nurses need more training to respond to cases of abuse of older people, according to the Community and...

Practice learning paper published

Community Care Market News (News) October 2003The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has published A Framework for Supporting and Assessing Practice Learning, aimed...

BUPA Investors in People Award

Community Care Market News (News) October 2003BUPA Care Services has received its second Investors in People award. BUPA Care Services was first awarded IIP...