Assisted living development opens

Community Care Market News (News) April 1999Audley Court has opened its new development in Tunbridge Wells, in the grounds of Willicombe House, a Victorian...

Age Concern reports findings of age discrimination in NHS

Community Care Market News (News) April 1999One in 20 people over 65 has been refused treatment by the NHS, according to an Age Concern/Gallup...

Housing group reorganises

Community Care Market News (News) April 1999A new registered social landlord (RSL) has been launched following a reorganisation at Eastleigh Housing Association. The new...

Trinity Care opens new home

Community Care Market News (News) April 1999Trinity Care has opened the Brookfield Christian Care Home in Oxford. The home has 66 beds and will...

Increase in provision of secure accommodation for young people

Community Care Market News (News) April 1999Statistics on the number of young people in secure units in England and Wales at March 1998 were...

Charter needed to improve social care

Community Care Market News (News) April 1999Users, carers and frontline staff with experience of health, housing and social care services all feel that there...

Government responds to report on joint working

Community Care Market News (News) April 1999The government has published its response to the report of the Health Select Committee on the relationship between...

Competition Act could challenge local authority purchasing

Community Care Market News (News) April 1999The UK Home Care Association (UKHCA) has written to directors of social services, the Local Government Association and...

Study identifies possible skills gap in local authorities

Community Care Market News (News) April 1999A study of the changing attitudes and behaviours of local authorities as they continue to implement changes in...

Call for teaching care home to address training needs

Community Care Market News (News) April 1999The establishment of a teaching care home in the UK could lead to an increase in specialist training,...