Royal Commission submissions

Community Care Market News (News) May 1998A number of organisations have this month published their submissions to the Royal Commission on the Long Term...

CCC updates residential contract

Community Care Market News (News) May 1998The Continuing Care Conference (CCC) has published the second edition of its framework contract between residential care providers...

Minister blocks Fresenius/Caremark merger

Community Care Market News (News) May 1998Nigel Griffiths, Competition and Consumer Affairs Minister, has announced that he has decided not to permit the acquisition...

Local authority can take property into account

Community Care Market News (News) May 1998South Lanarkshire council has won a judicial review which questioned its decision to charge an elderly woman for...

Opportunities in French market

Community Care Market News (News) May 1998New business opportunities are emerging in the market for the provision of elderly care facilities in France, according...

NCHA survey on fee levels

Community Care Market News (News) May 1998A survey conducted by the National Care Homes Association (NCHA) has found that just under 15% of residential...

Kent to introduce preferred provider lists

Kent county council is attempting to improve its social care purchasing function through the introduction of longer term contracts with a smaller group of...

ANS sale and leaseback

Last month, major sale and leaseback funds and others did not take seriously an offer from agents of Associated Nursing Services (ANS), to fund...

Care homes Loan Issue

Lehman Brothers has arranged the issue this month for SASCO Europe 1998 of £101,800,000 of Commercial Mortgage Backed Floating Rate Notes due March 2023....

Quality awards for social services departments

Nottinghamshire social services has been awarded Investors in People accreditation. The department, which employs around 8000 people, met the required standards after an external...