Receiver Seeks Quick Cfk Sale

THE receivers of the failed child care provider, CFK Childcare Centres, said they are working through a shortlist of 40 buyers looking to acquire some, or all, of the failed company's centres.

Child-care Centres To Close Without Explanation

THE Federal Government has demanded an explanation from a company with close ties to Eddy Groves that told parents on Thursday it would close 14 child-care centres on December 31.

Child Care Third Rate: Gillard

WHILE the British Government has complained bitterly about a United Nations report on child care that gave its services a middle ranking, the Rudd Government has happily accepted that Australia's services are the third-worst in the developed world.

Intensive Care Has Break

NEWCASTLE Private Hospital will close its intensive care unit over the Christmas period and transfer any critical cases to John Hunter Hospital.

Child Care Rescue Plea Rejected

THE immediate future of CFK Child Care's 39 centres in NSW is in peril after the Federal Government refused to provide financial support for the failed chain.

The Child-care Rebate Should Be Available To All

Many questions need to be asked following the collapse of ABC Learning. One relates to the child-care tax rebate and how ABC was able to exploit this; another is why the rebate is available only to long day-care centres.

Abc Receivers To Spell Out Child-care Viability

ABC Learning's receivers are expected to whittle down the list of unviable child-care centres this Wednesday from the 386 that were named as "under review" last week.

Child-care Prosecution Over Strangulation

THE child-care operator CFK Childcare Centres is being prosecuted after an investigation into the accidental strangulation of a three-year-old at its Brookvale centre last year.

Hands-on Family Very Much In The Mix

NATALIE and Gino Adoranti appear to have made the best of all possible worlds in the way they have organised child care for their two children over the past five years.

Nursing Concern

MUSWELLBROOK Mayor Martin Rush has called on Hunter New England Health officials to reveal details of their Upper Hunter aged-care strategy in light of plans to offload the town's 18-bed aged-care centre.

Child-care Fears As More Centres Falter

FOR the third time in under two years, Wilbur child-care centres, and their owner Rebecca Hindson, have made headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Child Care Crisis

AT least 200 Illawarra families have been caught up in child-care uncertainty as a third provider has been forced into external administration.

Abc Collapse Sparks Child Safety Fears

THE collapse of ABC Learning Centres could drive parents into the arms of unlicensed child-care providers, Illawarra Children's Services said yesterday.

Child-care Calamity: Parents In Dark

ANXIOUS parents could be forced to wait weeks before they know which ABC Learning child-care centres are running at a loss and may face closure.

Centres Given Reprieve

A Federal Government lifeline will keep the Illawarra's ABC Learning child-care centres open until December 31, but whether their doors will close after that is unknown.

Child-care Company Makes Plea To Parents

TROUBLED child-care giant ABC learning has sought to allay the fears of parents as speculation continues that the company could go under.

Extra Funding Eases Plight Of Nursing Homes

THE federal Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, has announced an increase for aged-care training after a survey found many nursing homes battle to break even financially.

Home Care Crucial To Protect Patients

NSW must vastly improve out-of-hospital care or patients will suffer in a system already under "severe strain", the NSW Auditor-General has said.

Tommy Tycho In Intensive Care

THE musician and conductor Tommy Tycho is paralysed and in intensive care at St Vincent's Hospital after suffering a stroke.

'blackmailing' Disabled

I recently attended a meeting at NSW Parliament called by Opposition spokesman for The Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care, Andrew Constance.