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Charity criticises NHS complaints system
Community Care Market News (News) October 1999The NHS complaints procedure fails to act quickly and effectively, according to Help the Aged. The charity claims...
Consultation on quality standards for carers
Community Care Market News (News) October 1999The King's Fund is consulting on a set of quality standards for local carer support services. The draft...
Wrexham reviews residential homes
In response to a predicted overspend of £500,000, Wrexham social services has been reviewing the future of its elderly persons homes.Council members have put...
Liverpool plans announced
Liverpool Council is to restructure its care facilities for elderly people as part of a plan to reduce next year's council tax by £7m.Following...
Director calls for police checks on all care workers
Mike Leadbetter, director of Essex social services, has called for action to close loopholes in the law in order to protect children and vulnerable...
Moray announces cutbacks in care spending
Moray council has announced plans to cut back spending on care services in a bid to avoid a projected overspend of £1.3m.The council plans...
NHP quarterly results
NHP plc this month reported revenues of £33.8m (£16.6m) and profit before tax of £12.5m (£5.4m) for the nine months to 30 June 1999....
Richmond seeking PFI partners
Providers of residential care services for older people have been invited to tender for a private finance initiative (PFI) contract with the London borough...
Expansion for Sandown Group
Sandown Group has announced this month that it has acquired a further six homes, taking the total of homes and beds operated by the...
Social services performance to be measured
Social services departments will have to make public their annual performance records under new proposals, published recently by John Hutton, Health Minister.Figures showing the...
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