The owners of Birmingham’s independent sector care homes are right to complain about the meanness of the £49.34 a day they receive from city council social services to look after a frail elderly person.
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Owners of Birmingham’s private care homes say they are facing “financial suicide” after the city council increased fees by only one per cent.
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COUNCIL bosses say they hope to avoid redundancies at a care home that has been earmarked for closure.
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IMPROVEMENTS have been made to the council’s home care service, according to recent performance figures.
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SENIOR councillors were not told that a blunder by officials had effectively shut down Inverness’s only hostel for homeless women, it has emerged.
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Casualty is just a stone’s throw away if any one of them takes a turn for the worse but every day and night for 365 days of the year staff at the Beechwood House complex on Old Perth Road are on hand to help addicts turn their lives around.
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SOCIAL workers in the criminal justice service have significantly improved performance, according to the city council.
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Scotland’s social workers will be encouraged to help promote National Care Standards to their clients, as part of a new drive to increase awareness of the Standards amongst people across Scotland.
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SOCIAL services could join up with NHS care under new plans for Blackburn with Darwen. The proposals would mean that primary care trust NHS Blackburn with Darwen would be upgraded to a new-style “Care Trust Plus”, taking on the council’s social care responsibilities. It is hoped that the move would save money as well as improving services for patients and their families.
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A BIRMINGHAM care home run by a charity has announced it is being forced to close next month after negotiations with Birmingham City Council broke down over money.
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