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Outstanding result for Briardene

Outstanding result for Briardene

Staff and residents at Briardene Care Home in Billingham, Durham are celebrating their recent Care Quality Commission inspection rating; they scored an overall ‘outstanding’ for being a safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led service.
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  • / Apr 10, 2019
Home reaches 'topping out' stage

Home reaches 'topping out' stage

A new care home development in Eastbourne celebrated a major milestone with a recent topping out ceremony.
  • News
  • / Apr 10, 2019
NHS honours HC-One campaign

NHS honours HC-One campaign

Staff and residents are in high spirits after HC-One scooped the Best Flu Fighter Care Campaign at the annual NHS Flu Fighter Awards.
  • News
  • / Apr 10, 2019
Marking 100 years in business

Marking 100 years in business

Altro is celebrating 100 years in business; founded in 1919 by a small group of individuals with a big idea, the company now has more than 900 employees globally, with a heritage of innovation including inventing safety flooring, developing a hygienic walls system and creating the world’s first adhesive free safety floor.
  • News
  • / Apr 10, 2019
Dulux recognised in dementia care

Dulux recognised in dementia care

Dulux Trade has been awarded the prestigious Exceptional Contribution to Dementia Care Award at the Dementia, Care and Nursing Home Expo Awards 2019.
  • News
  • / Apr 10, 2019
Easter rocks at Runwood Homes

Easter rocks at Runwood Homes

Runwood Homes has organised an egg-citing Easter competition for a selection of its care homes and their local communities, from 8 to 21 April.
  • News
  • / Apr 10, 2019
Family donates hand made game

Family donates hand made game

Staff and residents at South Haven Lodge in Woolston, Southampton are paying tribute to former resident Pamela O’Neill, who passed away in 2018.
  • News
  • / Apr 10, 2019
Sale of home to regional operator

Sale of home to regional operator

Arbory Residential Home, a well established and highly regarded care home in Andover, Hampshire has been sold.
  • News
  • / Apr 10, 2019
Staffordshire home rated 'outstanding'

Staffordshire home rated 'outstanding'

A care home in Staffordshire has been rated 'outstanding' following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
  • News
  • / Apr 10, 2019
Fundraisers prepare for marathon

Fundraisers prepare for marathon

The relatives of two former residents and a Royal Navy Commando are running the Virgin Money London Marathon to raise money for The Royal Star & Garter Homes.
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  • / Apr 10, 2019
Two MHA homes rated 'outstanding'

Two MHA homes rated 'outstanding'

Two MHA care homes have been classed as ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, bringing the number of homes with the top class of care at the older person’s charity to six.
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  • / Apr 02, 2019
Bruce Lodge extension underway

Bruce Lodge extension underway

Work has started on an extension to Borough Care’s Bruce Lodge residential home for older people in Offerton, Stockport.
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  • / Apr 02, 2019
Home names floors after local heroes

Home names floors after local heroes

The names of military heroes set to be immortalised at The Royal Star & Garter Home in High Wycombe have been announced, days before the first residents are welcomed.
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  • / Apr 02, 2019
Local operator buys Dorset home

Local operator buys Dorset home

Reside Care Home, a well established care home situated in Christchurch, Dorset, has been sold to a local operator.
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  • / Apr 02, 2019
128,000 new care workers needed

128,000 new care workers needed

The social care sector is facing a staffing crisis with an estimated shortage of half a million workers over the next decade, reports a major new study from the trade body Care Association Alliance and law firm Royds Withy King.
  • News
  • / Apr 01, 2019
Sunrise invites students to visit

Sunrise invites students to visit

Sunrise of Bagshot has been introducing residents to a new generation; as part of an intergenerational project, students from Wellington College have been invited to visit the home.
  • News
  • / Mar 29, 2019
Care software association launched

Care software association launched

The founding members of a new association for the care software industry have announced the establishment of the Care Software Providers Association (CASPA), an independent association representing the views and interests of social care software providers.
  • News
  • / Mar 28, 2019
Residents praise MHA homes

Residents praise MHA homes

MHA residents have rated their care homes highly in the independent Your Care Rating survey
  • News
  • / Mar 28, 2019
Coventry nursing home sold

Coventry nursing home sold

Belvedere Park Nursing Home in Coventry has been sold on behalf of Lawrence and Chinyere Anyanwu; the home is registered for 25 service users within the categories of nursing and mild dementia care.
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  • / Mar 27, 2019
Home delivers 'outstanding' care

Home delivers 'outstanding' care

A north Shropshire care home has become one of only a few in the county to be awarded an ‘outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
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  • / Mar 27, 2019

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