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...

Older people ‘getting healthier’

Community Care Market News (News) October 2003Longer life does not necessarily mean more illness according to research by Raymond Tallis, Professor of Geriatric Medicine,...

Lincolnshire fee dispute ends

Lincolnshire County Council has resolved its dispute over fees with eleven care homes owners in the county. The litigation began at the end of...

Wandsworth social services

Wandsworth has appointed Peter West, formerly head of community services at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea as its director of social services....

Craegmoor securitisation

Barclays Capital has announced the launch of a £245 m securitisation issue for Craegmoor Funding (No. 2) Limited, a subsidiary of Craegmoor Limited the...

Liverpool homes fight for fees

Liverpool Care Homes Association (LCHA) has formed an action group to campaign for better funding for residential care homes in the area. It will...

West Sussex consults on £45m plan

West Sussex County Council is to hold a series of public meetings to discuss plans to improve care homes for older people in the...

Barking and Dagenham housing tender

Barking and Dagenham council has asked care providers to bid for a specialist care housing project in Dagenham. The new scheme for older people...

Newham for personal care tenders

London Borough of Newham is seeking expressions of interest for community-based personal care and domestic services for current contracts. The council is seeking to...