Local authorities update

A number of local authorities have been outsourcing provision of services in the last few months. The following is an update of recent progress:Doncaster...

Report on housing and support for people with dementia

The Housing Associations Charitable Trust (HACT), in association with The Housing Corporation, the Home Group and the Dementia Services Development Centre, has published a...

Older people not a burden

Community Care Market News (News) December 1998Social Security Minister John Denham this month launched a consultation paper, entitled Building a Better Britain for Older...

Latest sales news

All the latest negative news from the major corporates (see separate articles) does not seem yet to have put off many investors' hopes to...

Hackney home care users happy

The London borough of Hackney has conducted a survey of external home care services in the borough and found that 90% of users were...

Independent care home staff charged

Community Care Market News (News) December 1998Edinburgh council has acted quickly to protect elderly residents in a care home in the city, when two...

ANS interim figures

Associated Nursing Services plc (ANS) announced this month its interim report for the six months ending 30 September 1998. Turnover rose 19.6% from £18.24m...

Hammersmith & Fulham brings forward home closure

The London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has been forced to bring forward the closure of one of its care homes from April 2000...

Home closed following joint police and social services operation

Community Care Market News (News) December 1998Four female care workers were arrested this month when Essex Police, working with Essex social services, entered a...

Bank of Ireland appointment

Bank of Ireland has announced the appointment of Richard Thomas as head of its care sector. The division is also relocating to London, having...