RECENT NEWS

Adult social care leaders set to warn MPs that planned changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) risk repeating the mistakes that led to the Windrush scandal and further destabilise care workforce recruitment.

Gosport-based care group has added a sixth care home to its local portfolio following its acquisition of The Grange Nursing Home near Basingstoke, in a deal brokered by Christie & Co.

National Association of Care Catering (NACC) and the Hospital Caterers Association (HCA) developed the qualification to be the 'only regulated award to support the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative framework and other specialist diets.'

Construction is advancing on Heathland Lodge, Barchester Healthcare's new 54-bed care home in Crowthorne, with major groundworks now completed as the scheme moves into its next phase of delivery.

Care home occupancy edged above the annual average and digital record adoption continued to increase, according to the latest quarterly adult social care statistics published by the Department of Health and Social Care.

Fifteen care home and nursing home providers have been named on a Government list of over 600 companies who have failed to pay the National Minimum Wage.

Welsh operator Caron Group has acquired 80-bed nursing and specialist dementia service Ysguborwen Care Home as former owner focuses on England based facilities

The group said it expects its 7th home to create around 100 jobs and open in early 2028.

Commission on adult social care said it has had 350,00 responses so far since launch at the end of July.

A new operator is being sought to take on a Norwich specialist neurological care development after Ethos Care decision to pull out, The Care Home Environment has learned.

Crystal Care Collection is set to open a 66-bed care home in Bicester in October, bringing its footprint to 31 homes across England and North Wales.

Fresh data analysis shows the home office took away the highest number of migrant worker licences in the year to June 2026, with care providers the hardest hit.

The UK Health Security Agency has published new guidance aimed at improving 'non-specialist' understanding of infection prevention and outbreak management legal and public health duties across care settings

Developer plans for Kent home revealed after recent unveiling of a 66-bed development in East Sussex

A 60-apartment extra care housing development operated by Codi Group and Radis Community Care has begun opened on a former care home site in Porth

​A specialist frailty service developed by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has reduced hospital admissions for care home residents and cut the average length of hospital stays, according to research published in Age and Ageing.

Care home developers could see major planning applications reviewed at mayoral level under new government proposals that would give mayors across England powers to intervene in significant developments.

CoActive Care has added a long-established care home in Plymouth to its Devon portfolio, taking its footprint in the county to four facilities for working age and older adults.

Survey reveals people are most concerned about hygiene and cleanliness standards if a home has not been inspected in three years.

Residents evacuated from Barchester Healthcare's newly opened Iverley View care home in Stourbridge have now returned following last week's wildfire incident.