OFT inquiry into funerals

Community Care Market News (News) August 2000The Office of Fair Trading is seeking the views of individuals and organisations involved in the care sector...

Care bills become law

Community Care Market News (News) August 2000The Care Standards Act 2000 received Royal Assent last month, covering England and Wales. The Act allows for...

Managers to work on standards

Community Care Market News (News) August 2000Registered managers of residential and nursing homes have been given responsibility for scrutinising the draft national occupational standards...

Sanitas moves into care sector

Sanitas, BUPA's Spanish PMI subsidiary, has entered into a partnership agreement to run a chain of residential homes in Spain.Sanitas and Iberdrola Diversification will...

Audit Commission/SSI joint reviews

The Audit Commission and the Social Services Inspectorate (SSI) have published a further four joint reviews of local authority social services departments:BirminghamThe report concludes...

Help the Aged director

The charity Help the Aged has appointed Paul Cann as its first director of policy and international affairs, reporting to director general Michael Lake....

Court of Appeal judgment on community care services

The Court of Appeal has ruled that people who are in the UK illegally can still claim community care services if they can show...

Joint board for Perth and Kinross

A new joint board to enable the seamless delivery of health and social care in Perth & Kinross has been launched by the Scottish...

Leisure activities in residential Homes

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 3 July 2000 at column 45W) what steps he is taking to ensure that older...

Barking & Dagenham appointment

Barking & Dagenham council has appointed Cathy Mitchell to the post of head of health and disabilities. She was previously regional manager (London) at...