Pressure mounts on government to take action on long term care

Community Care Market News (News) July 1999Help the Aged has stepped up calls on the government to take action on the issue of funding...

Best practice guide on NMW

Community Care Market News (News) July 1999The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has published a good practice guide on CD-Rom which aims to...

HSE seeking research case studies

Community Care Market News (News) July 1999The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is looking to interview domiciliary care workers for a report describing the...

Help the Aged director

Keith Hickey has been appointed finance director at Help the Aged. He has spent the majority of his working life in the commercial sector,...

Leeds opens extra care scheme

Leeds city council has this month opened a new extra care sheltered housing scheme, providing accommodation for 48 individuals. The council has already filled...

Croydon commissioning director

Mun Thong Phung has joined Croydon council as divisional director, with responsibility for community care commissioning. Mr Phung joins Croydon from Islington London borough...

NHP half year results

NHP plc reported this month its second quarter and half year figures for the period ended 31 March 1999.Compared with the same quarter in...

Sun Healthcare Group delisted

Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. (100% owner of the Ashbourne Group - the second largest care home provider in the UK) announced at the beginning...

Westminster performance praised

The joint review of Westminster social services, undertaken by the Audit Commission and the Social Services Inspectorate (SSI), has found that the council currently...

Barnet to transfer homes

The London borough of Barnet has announced that it will transfer all of its 11 residential homes for older people to the independent sector....