PSS funding to increase 6.2% in 2002/03

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Community Care Market News (News) December 2001The local government finance settlement has provided £11,210m for personal social services (PSS) in England in 2002/03. Details...

Record margins at M&S

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McCarthy and Stone, the retirement housing developer, has reported revenues of £165m (£147m) and profit before tax of £60.5m (£53.5m) for the year to...

Minister criticised for care home comments

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Community Care Market News (News) December 2001Jacqui Smith's remarks on the decline of care homes in England have drawn widespread criticism from representatives of...

Sandown goes into receivership

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Sandown, a subsidiary of the Moran Healthcare Group of Australia, has gone into administrative receivership. This will come as unsettling news to the care...

Smith indicates modifications to national minimum standards

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Community Care Market News (News) December 2001The new national minimum standards for care homes for younger adults could be relaxed in certain circumstances, particularly...

Fees increases in ‘hotspots’

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Community Care Market News (News) December 2001The first signs of a major upward realignment in local authorities' benchmark fee rates for care homes have...

Margin pressures greet new CEO

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Shares in Care UK, the quoted care provider, fell by 22.5 pence to 191 pence following the announcement of disappointing preliminary results for the...

Age Concern supports human rights appeal

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Community Care Market News (News) November 2001Age Concern is adding its support to a recent application by Plymouth care home residents to the Court...

Older carers anxious about the future

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Community Care Market News (News) November 2001Older people caring for family members with learning disabilities are being neglected by health and social services, according...

Buckinghamshire

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Buckinghamshire County Council is inviting expressions of interest from providers of accommodation and support for older people following a review of its residential and...
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