RECENT NEWS

Norwegian start-up Motitech has launched free three-month trials of its virtual cycling concept to enable UK care home residents to take part in physical activity while self-isolating.

Some 2000 staff at Country Court’s 32 care homes are to receive a package consisting of over 20 items including food, drink and basic provisions to help with day-to-day life during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Weston Park care home in Cheshire has offered a 30-bed unit to nearby Macclesfield District General Hospital free of charge in order to support the NHS during the Covid-19 outbreak.

The UK government is to establish a parallel supply chain (PSC) with the help of the Army to ensure care providers have sufficient personal protective equipment (PPE) to tackle the Covid-19 outbreak.

Britton Price Training will next week launch an online safe people handling essential skills course for use during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Chartered surveyor firm Edward Cooper Young (ECY) has established a dedicated care team within its practice.

German private equity outfit Aurelius Equity Opportunities has completed the acquisition of Armstrong Ceiling Solutions from Knauf International.

A group of care sector representative bodies has written to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnston calling for furloughed workers to be allowed to get paid employment in the sector without financial penalty amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Care England has published wide-ranging advice for its social care provider membership concerning operational issues arising from the coronavirus outbreak.

The Royal British Legion is seeking new staff members to support its UK care homes in in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Law firm Royds Withy King is calling for urgent clarification that health and social care providers will be able to benefit from the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS).

Labour has called on the UK government to provide care homes with full personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect staff and residents against coronavirus.

Bosses of two care homes in the Midlands have been disqualified from being company directors after they diverted council funds before abandoning elderly residents and staff.

Care provider Cinnamon has lodged a planning application with East Lothian Council to build the Inveresk Care Village near Musselburgh in Scotland.

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has written a letter of thanks to social care workforce for their response so far to the coronavirus outbreak.

Care home provider Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare has called on members of the public to volunteer to help older people during the coronavirus crisis.

Exemplar Health Care has launched a recruitment drive for up to 1000 associate carer roles in Northern England and the Midlands to meet growing demand in the coming months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Health+Care event in London, which incorporates The Residential & Homecare Show, has been postponed until April 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Digital news provider PressReader is offering care and nursing homes free access to thousands of online newspapers and magazines for the next two months.

Care Innovation Hub, a partnership designed to encourage entrepreneurship in the care sector, has suspended operations for at least six months due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.