Sovereign learning quickly

Sovereign Capital, the venture capital house led by John Nash, has acted swiftly again in snapping up Honormead Schools, a provider of residential schooling...

Single assessment accreditation tools

Community Care Market News (News) March 2003The Department of Health (DoH) has published details of its accreditation process for assessment tools which have been...

Guildford smartens up community care

Guildford Borough Council is working in partnership with Tunstall Telecom to develop electronic monitoring services to track older people's safety in their own homes.According...

Care Standards Act

Tim Loughton asked the Secretary of State for Health (25 February 2003: Column 515W) how many responses he received to his consultation on regulations...

Delayed discharge fines postponed after Lords defeat

Community Care Market News (News) March 2003The new system of charging local authorities for delayed discharges is likely to be postponed until October after...

Uncertain prospects for Halton

Halton Council is not serving people well and has uncertain prospects, according to a report published by the Audit Commission and Social Services Inspectorate...

Community care

Tony Cunningham asked the Secretary of State for Health (28 January 2003: Column 805W) if he will list the proposed fee increases from the...

Scottish care homes set to reject latest fee increase

Community Care Market News (News) March 2003Care home owners in Scotland look set to reject the Scottish Executive's offer of £79m to support fee...

Hampshire upgrades care home

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

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