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Purchasers and providers fear chaos as new funding system introduced

Community Care Market News (News) April 2003 Local authorities and care home operators have expressed serious concerns over the implementation of NHS-funded...

Nursing home residents receiving inadequate medical care

Community Care Market News (News) April 2003 Older people living in nursing homes are receiving inadequate medical care and are more likely...

Hanover launches new intermediate care model

Community Care Market News (News) April 2003 Hanover Housing Association has launched 'up&about', a new housing based model for intermediate care. According...

Thousands could be eligible for NHS funded long term care

Community Care Market News (News) March 2003 Thousands more older people than previously thought eligible could be entitled to NHS funded continuing...

Shortage of care home places is main cause of delayed discharges

Community Care Market News (News) March 2003 Primary care trusts (PCTs) and social services need to develop better relationships with independent care...

Free nursing band increases announced

Community Care Market News (News) February 2003 The Department of Health (DoH) has announced increases in free nursing band rates in England....

Hampshire CC to build and run nursing homes

Community Care Market News (News) December 2002 Hampshire County Council has announced plans to create 500 new nursing home beds for older...

Independent sector nurses to be trained as modern matrons

Community Care Market News (News) December 2002 The Department of Health (DoH) has announced plans to extend its Modern Matrons programme to...

Government echoes Committee findings

Community Care Market News (News) November 2002 The government has agreed with many of the findings in the Health Select Committee's report...

Care network to encourage partnership

Community Care Market News (News) November 2002 The Department of Health and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister have launched an...