£153m boost for Northern Ireland housing support

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Community Care Market News (News) May 2003Northern Ireland's department for social development has secured £153m to provide essential back-up housing services. Announcing the first...

Care home owners ready for action if calls for fee increases go ignored

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Community Care Market News (News) May 2003Care home owners in England could close their doors to local authority funded admissions unless council leaders agree...

Oldham to work in partnership

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Oldham Care Homes Association and Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (MBC) have announced plans to enter into a new partnership to govern the provision of...

Oldham appoints new director

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Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council has announced the appointment of Veronica Jackson as executive director of social services and health. She moves to the position...

Cambridgeshire spotlight on health and social care

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Cambridgeshire County Council has introduced a health and social care scrutiny committee which aims to improve joint working and overcome health inequalities.The scheme consists...

Speculation over future of Care UK

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Quoted care home provider Care UK has refused to comment on speculation that it has been approached with a takeover bid by venture capital...

Craegmoor continues acquisition policy

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Craegmoor Healthcare chief executive Frank Richardson has confirmed that the company intends to continue its aggressive acquisition policy. He recently announced a further four...

BUPA negotiates local authority deals

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Reading Council and Southampton City Council have selected BUPA Care Services as the preferred bidder to rebuild and operate some of their care homes....

Cumbria social care recruitment drive

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Cumbria County Council has embarked on a recruitment drive for social care staff as part of a £1.8m investment to increase staff in this...

Home care charges

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Simon Burns asked the Secretary of State for Health (20 March 2003: Column 950W) which local authorities in England received no income from home...
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