Industry prepares for NMW

Community Care Market News (News) March 1999The government is to spend almost £5m on an advertising campaign highlighting the introduction of the National Minimum...

Shropshire considers scrapping charges for learning disabilities

Shropshire county council is considering scrapping charges for day services for adults with learning disabilities.Members of the social services committee will discuss removing the...

Adolescent addiction treatment centre opens

Community Care Market News (News) March 1999Priory Healthcare has this month opened what it hails as 'the first truly comprehensive adolescent addiction treatment centre...

St Andrew’s Hospital announces new care facility

St Andrew's Hospital has announced this month that it is building a new home in South Essex, to care for patients with long-term and...

Government postpones decision on long term care funding

Community Care Market News (News) March 1999The government has responded to publication of the Royal Commission's report on the future funding of long term...

District nursing services should modernise

Community Care Market News (News) March 1999District nursing services face increasing demands for care in patients' own homes and need to modernise if they...

Ealing renews domiciliary care contracts

The London borough of Ealing is advertising for interested organisations to express an interest in the provision of domiciliary care services in the borough.At...

Directory shows continued expansion of major providers

Community Care Market News (News) March 1999Corporate providers of nursing and residential care continued to expand during 1998, according to the twelfth edition of...

Bettercare centre opens

Community Care Market News (News) March 1999Bettercare has opened its £3m Emberbrook Care Centre on the former Milk Marketing Board site in Thames Ditton,...

Hackney restructures external home care

The London borough of Hackney is seeking to dramatically reduce the number of external agencies providing home care in the borough.The move follows an...