Plans for social care institute outlined

Community Care Market News (News) March 2001Health Minister John Hutton and National Assembly Minister, Jane Hutt, have announced that the new Social Care Institute...

Senior appointments at Four Seasons

Four Seasons Health Care has announced three senior appointments to its management team. Julia Harthill has been appointed as care services director, Kathy Baines...

Trinity Care opens new home

Trinity Care has opened a new 67-bed nursing home in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. The home, called Hillside Nursing Home, is purpose-built and includes a separate...

Promoting Independence Grant

Community Care Market News (News) March 2001The Department of Health has published a summary of the purpose and main conditions of the Promoting Independence...

Four Seasons expansion

Four Seasons Healthcare has announced that it has taken on one further home from Regency Care Group. The 69-bed dual registered home is the...

Housing 21 wins Westminster contract

Westminster City Council has outsourced the bulk of its home care service to not-for-profit provider Housing 21. The contract is initially worth £45m over...

NHS looks to transfer service

Community Care Market News (News) March 2001Acer Care Services, a social care provider owned by Wiltshire and Swindon Health Care NHS Trust, has invited...

Merton on special measures

Health Minister John Hutton has placed the London Borough of Merton on special measures, following a Social Services Inspectorate (SSI) inspection report which revealed...

WRVS trustee

WRVS has appointed Jennifer Bernard to its board of trustees. Bernard is currently chief executive of the Central Council for Education and Training in...

Housing associations form joint structure

Community Care Market News (News) March 2001New Era Housing Association and West Berkshire Housing Consortium have announced a joint group structure which comes into...