Study identifies possible skills gap in local authorities

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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

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

Scottish home care statistics

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Community Care Market News (News) April 1999The Scottish Office has published information on day, meals and home care services purchased by local authorities in...

Social services workforce statistics

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Community Care Market News (News) April 1999The annual (September) census of the workforce of social service departments in England, has been published by the...

Better Rehabilitation could cut waiting lists

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Community Care Market News (News) March 1999A report published this month by Age Concern argues that hospitals could make 72,000 more admissions a year...

Doncaster introduces charges

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Doncaster metropolitan borough council will introduce charges for the use of day centres by people with learning difficulties.The decision, which was ratified at a...

Residential care (appointments)

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The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 16 February 1999 at column 389) if the Department of Health (DoH) will make a...

Continuing care retirement community

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Community Care Market News (News) March 1999Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has this month opened what is claimed to be the UK's first continuing care...

Essex acts to protect spending

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Essex county council's community care sub-committee has proposed that any resources that are not spent this financial year on services for adults and older...

SSI report on commissioning services

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The Social Services Inspectorate (SSI) has recently published assements of the commissioning function within the following local authorities:Surrey social services The SSI found that...
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