Consultation on Glenthorne Youth Treatment Centre

A consultation on future plans for Glenthorne Youth Treatment Centre, including its possible closure, was announced recently by John Hutton, Health Minister.Glenthorne Youth Treatment...

North Somerset considers future of homes

North Somerset council is to examine the future of the council's five residential homes as part of a Best Value review procedure. The options...

Population projections

Community Care Market News (News) December 1999The Office for National Statistics has released revised population projections, based on the estimated population at the middle...

Home help troubles continue in Derbyshire

An ongoing dispute between Derbyshire county council and its home helps is yet to be resolved, following industrial action which began in October 1999...

Sheffield seeks advice on homes transfer

Sheffield city council is undertaking a major consultation process to decide how best to achieve the transfer of eight of its remaining residential homes....

Support offered via helpline

Community Care Market News (News) December 1999Scope has relaunched its cerebral palsy helpline with a new telephone number. The service offers free and confidential...

ANS management buyout

ANS is leaving the stage as a publicly quoted company. Following the current trend for publicly quoted long term care operators to go private,...

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...