Working with the councils in Lancashire
Working with the councils in LancashireLCA works at a strategic level with Lancashire County Council, Blackpool Borough Council and Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Click on the left hand link for further information on our current work with each of these authorities. This page is currently being updated. |
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What UK migrants can expect in 2009?If you thought 2008 was a tough year for migrant workers, brace yourself for an even rougher ride in 2009. ...
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Lancashire Telegraph: £3 million Blackburn with Darwen Social Care contract cancelledA £3MILLION contract to care for elderly and disabled people has been cancelled after a sudden increase in missed home visits. ...
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Sunday Times: Priory in bid to gatecrash care dealTHE PRIORY, the acute care specialist, has taken direct action to encourage a £2 billion merger with Four Seasons, the care-homes group. ...
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BBC News: NHS end of life drug rule changeDrugs which give terminally ill patients a few extra months to live have a better chance of being approved on the NHS under new rules. ...
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CSCI Guidance: Medical alertThe Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is the agency protecting and promoting public health and patient safety by ensuring that medicines, healthcare products and medical equipment meet appropriate standards of safety, quality, performance and effectiveness, and are used safely. ...
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Alzheimers Society comment on announcement from Health Minister Phil HopeAlzheimer’s Society is pleased that the government has made a commitment to ensure GPs are trained to recognise the early symptoms of dementia. ...
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Brunswick Healthcare Review Vol 3 Issue 42Brunswick Healthcare Review issue 42...
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BBC News: All GPs to get dementia trainingAll NHS GPs in England are to be trained to spot the early symptoms of dementia, under government plans. ...
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CSCI Guidance; Managers of care homes providing nursing careThis guidance describes what needs to be in place if a care home providing nursing care has not been able to recruit a qualified nurse as manager. ...
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CSCI Guidance: Close care developmentsRead our guidance about how we regulate a service that provides assisted living within the grounds of an existing care home. This is also known as close care developments. ...
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Blackpool Gazette: £3m plan for Blackpool Care homePLANS for new housing for the elderly have been unveiled – a year after the controversial closure of a Blackpool old folks home. ...
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Counsel and Care: 4th annual conference - personilised care and the recessionHow hard-pressed local councils and the private and voluntary sector can provide personalised care for older people and their carers in spite of the economic gloom is the topic of Counsel and Care’s annual conference in spring 2009. ...
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D H News: MRSA infections continue to fallMRSA bloodstream infections in England are continuing to fall, the latest quarterly statistics from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) showed today (18th Dec)...
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AlzheimersSociety:Is the next treatment for alzheimers already out there?New Alzheimer’s Society research will investigate whether curcumin, found in the popular Indian spice turmeric, and a number of drugs for other conditions, could benefit people with Alzheimer’s. ...
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CSCI guidance: How we assess staffing levelsThis guidance will help you understand how we assess staffing levels in care homes...
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CSCI guidance: Important information about letters we send youWe only send out standard documents, such as draft and final inspection reports, letters and notices to do with registration, to people who are registered with us and to an organisation’s responsible individual. ...
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Bunswick Healthcare Review V3 issue 41Brunswick Healthcare Review V3 issue 41...
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Blackpool citizen: Blackpool Lancashire tops for care home beds in north west...
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CSCI: Religious orders and registration as a care homeThis policy and guidance is for religious orders providing care for their own members....
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Counsel and Care: Remember the need for support and guidance for those returning to work In response to the launch today of the Welfare Reform White Paper (10 December 2008), Counsel and Care, the national charity working with older people, their families and carers to get the best care and support, calls for effective guidance and support for people when returning to work, in particular as a result of the new requirement for those aged between 60 and 65 to look for work. ...
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BUPA - the name changeThe healthcare provider, Clinovia, has changed its name to make the range of services that it provides clearer to customers and patients. ...
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CREDIT CRUNCH TO SLOW DOWN EXPANSION OF INDEPENDENT MENTAL HEALTH SECTOR The investment boom that has seen independent sector mental health hospital capacity leap by 35% in the last 5 years, from 6,212 beds in 2003 to 8,647 in 2008, is set to come to an end as a result of the credit crunch according to a new report from health care market intelligence specialists Laing & Buisson...
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CSCI Guidance: Quality ratings - FAQGet answers to frequently asked questions about quality ratings....
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HealthInvestor: Care home residents should remain unaffected by operators’ well-publicised financial troublesWho is going to step in and rescue care home operators if they go under?...
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Guardian.co.uk: Housing crash leaves elderly struggling to pay care billsThe fall-out from the credit crunch has another casualty: elderly people who are struggling to release funds from their houses to pay sky-high care-home fees. ...
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thisismoney.co.uk: The soaring cost of a care home placeThe average price of a place in a care home has shot up to £500 a week, industry experts said yesterday. ...
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D H News: Stroke awareness campaign to save livesA three-year £12 million communications campaign to promote public awareness around stroke was announced today by Health Minister Ann Keen. ...
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Brunswick Healthcare Review Vol 3 issue 40Brunswick Healthcare Review Vol 3 issue 40...
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D H News: National Quality Board (NQB) takes shape The first appointments to the new National Quality Board (NQB) were announced today by Health Minister Lord Darzi. ...
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Lishman: Age discrimination - MPs must speed up its implementationIn a joint statement in response to the Queen’s Speech, Help the Aged and Age Concern are calling for this to be the year when the Government prioritises older people’s issues. This should give our ageing population the opportunity to play a full and active role in society. ...
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