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Balance tips the scales in Kingston
Community interest company Balance, part of the Pure Innovations Group, announced last month that it has been awarded an £11.7m contract to run and...
Outcomes-based commissioning warning
The homecare operator commissioned to provide services through Wiltshire county council’s award-winning outcome-based system has warned some councils may claim to be using a...
Winterbourne view deadline will not be met
The June deadline for moving all service users inappropriately placed in ‘large scale’ hospital or care homes into community will not be met, the...
News if brief
The Department of Health has issued guidance on the transfer of £1.1bn from the NHS to local authorities for social care in the financial...
Interest in adoption rising says DfE
More than 96,000 people have contacted the government adoption information service in the first year of its operation.
Averaging 327 contacts per day, First4Adoption was...
Undercover filmiing reveals more abuse and neglect
Police are investigating allegations of abuse at the Old Deanery, which is operated by Anglia Retirement Homes, after the BBC aired a documentary showing...
New developments – May
Two residential care homes in Torquay, Devon have been sold to local operator Beechcroft Care Homes.
The 21-bed and 24-bed homes provide old age and...
Care planning not discussed – Care UK
The results of a recent survey by Care UK show that, while two thirds of adults worry about the future care of their parents,...
CCMn meets Optalis
Having feet in both camps - CCMn meets Optalis managing director Andrew PickupCCMn meets Andrew Pickup, managing director of Optalis, who explains how the...
DH outlines primary care shake-up
The Department of Health has published plans to improve communication between GP practices, A&E departments, community nursing services, ambulance services, care homes, mental health...
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