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Buying and selling social care
— report of a seminar held on 12 November 1996 | | Author(s) | Sue Balloch, Naomi Connelly |
| Corporate Author | National Institute for Social Work - NISW |
| Publisher | National Institute for Social Work, London, 1997 |
| Pages | 35 pp (Social services policy forum paper, no 5) |
| Source | NISW, 5 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SN. |
| Keywords | Services ; Social Services Departments ; Commercial care ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Grant allocation ; Costs [care] ; Physical disabilities ; Contracts ; Conference proceedings. |
| Annotation | Both positive and negative aspects of the expanding market in social care were propounded by the four speakers at this seminar. The first two speakers reported on the purchaser/provider relationship, but from different viewpoints: the problems for private sector providers of home care in developing their relationships with local authority purchasers; in contrast, the wide-ranging purchasing responsibilities of a social services director, and the issues arising. The advantages for disabled people which are expected to flow from implementation of the Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 - if appropriate support is available - were put forward. The last speaker dealt with trends towards greater private and voluntary sector involvement in the nursing home and residential care sector. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980317205 B |
| Classmark | I: PF: PI: KW: LHB: QCG: QDC: BN: 6QH: 6M |
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