Delayed discharge figures

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Community Care Market News (News) May 2001The number of patients in Scottish hospitals waiting to be discharged into community care has fallen since September...

TOPSS training award

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Community Care Market News (News) May 2001Unqualified social care staff are to receive basic training via the National Training Organisation for Social Care (TOPSS)...

Expenditure on social services

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Community Care Market News (News) May 2001The Department of Health has published data on current expenditure by local authorities on Personal Social Services. The...

Growth predicted for LTC insurance

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Community Care Market News (News) May 2001A new influx of independent financial advisers will boost the number of long term care insurance policies sold...

Partnership working ‘alive and well’

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Community Care Market News (News) May 2001A report from the Local Government Association Labour Group has identified ways in which local authorities and health...

Continence pads to be made free

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Community Care Market News (News) May 2001Health Minister Lord Philip Hunt has announced that from October this year continence pads and other continence supplies...

Personal care key issue in election debate

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Community Care Market News (News) May 2001As the politicians presented their manifestos for the coming election, independent providers and organisations campaigning for various client...

Regulation call on long term care insurance

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Community Care Market News (News) May 2001The Financial Services Consumer Panel, the consumers' voice at the Financial Services Authority (FSA), has called for a...

Joint reviews

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LeicestershireThe SSI/Audit Commission joint review reports that Leicestershire social services is serving most people well, and that prospects for improvement are promising.Director of Joint...

Liverpool to award domiciliary home care contracts

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Liverpool City Council has invited tenders for the provision of domiciliary care services. The current service is almost entirely based on spot-purchasing - around...
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