Respite care

The Secretary of State for Health was asked (Hansard 6 April 1998 at column 124) what assessment has been made of the availability of...

Disability living allowance

The Secretary of State for Social Security was asked (Hansard 24 April 1998 at column 731) what plans there are to extend the Benefit...

Guide to registered homes published

Community Care Market News (News) May 1998Paul Ridout, solicitor with Dibb Lupton Alsop and a member of CCMN's editorial board, has this month published...

Care UK contracts update

Community Care Market News (News) May 1998Care UK has signed its PFI contract with Westminster city council for the provision of a 110-bed nursing...

DGAA home opens

Community Care Market News (News) May 1998DGAA Homelife has opened The Cotswold Home, its 14th nursing and residential home. The home comprises 51 beds...

Owners ruled unfit

Community Care Market News (News) May 1998The owners of a dual registered home in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire have been ruled unfit following a registered...

Former factory too large for registration

Community Care Market News (News) May 1998A registered homes tribunal has ruled that proposals to register a former factory as a residential home by...

Registration cancelled

Community Care Market News (News) May 1998The owner of two nursing homes in Staffordshire has lost his appeal to a registered homes tribunal and...

Owner’s appeal succeeds

Community Care Market News (News) May 1998The owner of a residential home in Coventry has won her appeal to a registered homes tribunal after...

Call for end to inconsistency on standards

Community Care Market News (News) May 1998The Better Regulation Task Force, an independent advisory body set up by the Chancellor of the Duchy of...