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Joint reviews
The Audit Commission and the Social Services Inspectorate (SSI) have published a further three reviews of the performance of social services departments:HaringeyThe report concludes...
Tameside to reward staff
Community Care Market News (News) December 1999Tameside Care Group, operator of the first group of local authority homes to be externalised, is close to...
Assessment manager
Barking and Dagenham council has appointed Gaynor Lovell as service manager for care management and assessment services. She joins from the Royal Borough of...
CNA appointment
The Carers National Association has appointed Madelaine Starr to manage its Carers and Employment Project. The initiative has been established to help carers combine...
TOPSS concern over care NVQs
Community Care Market News (News) December 1999TOPSS, the National Training Organisation for social care, has expressed concern over the quality of care NVQs following...
Bettercare acquisition
Bettercare Group has acquired the UK facilities of Extendicare Inc., a Canadian public company, in a £26.3m acquisition. The portfolio comprises 15 nursing homes...
Ombudsman recommends £60,000 payout
The Local Government Ombudsman has recommended that Wiltshire county council pay £60,000 compensation to a woman who was wrongly charged for her care in...
NMW unlikely to increase
Community Care Market News (News) December 1999It is thought likely that the government will make no increase to the national minimum wage (NMW) hourly...
Care UK results
Care UK this month reported figures for the year ended 30 September 1999. Turnover increased 20.8% to £49.8m and profit before tax was £6.3m,...
Enfield outsources domiciliary care services
The London borough of Enfield has invited tenders for the provision of home care for older people and people with physical disabilities.The new contracts...
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