Hampshire upgrades care home

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Hampshire County Council is set to carry out a £1.5m upgrade of one of its residential care homes for older people. The move is...

High Court judgement could end bans on manual lifting

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Community Care Market News (News) March 2003The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) has praised a landmark High Court ruling that should end local authority blanket...

Lancashire settles on fees

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Lancashire County Council has reached agreement with Lancashire Care Association (LCA) regarding the level of fees it pays for placements in residential homes.The two...

DoH publishes details of access and capacity grant

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Community Care Market News (News) March 2003The Department of Health (DoH) has published details of its £170m Access and Systems Capacity grant for 2003/04....

Life Style Care to open five new care centres

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Life Style Care has announced plans to open five new care centres in 2003/04, taking its portfolio to 22 homes with over 1,500 beds.The...

Partnership Boards are marginalised says Mencap

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Community Care Market News (News) March 2003A Mencap survey has revealed that people are being excluded from the opportunity to improve their local learning...

Care homes

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Lindsay Hoyle asked the Secretary of State for Health (13 February 2003: Column 948W) whether the Department of Health (DoH) and the Social Services...

Thousands could be eligible for NHS funded long term care

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Community Care Market News (News) March 2003Thousands more older people than previously thought eligible could be entitled to NHS funded continuing care, according to...

Liverpool scraps day care charges

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Liverpool City Council is scrapping all charges for day care services, it has announced. From April 2003 the City's older people, disabled people and...

Shortage of care home places is main cause of delayed discharges

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Community Care Market News (News) March 2003Primary care trusts (PCTs) and social services need to develop better relationships with independent care home providers in...
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