RECENT NEWS

Funding from the NHS Digital Social Care Digital Innovation Programme is enabling care homes in Sutton and Merton to transfer care records to hospital electronically.

A six-year-old girl has raised money for the charity caring for her grandfather; Greta Thomas held a summer fundraiser at her home for The Royal Star & Garter Home in Surbiton, which is caring for grandfather Mark Farmer.

EF Group has announced the acquisition of menu planning, nutrition and allergen management service provider Catercost.

The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) has announced the finalists for the NACC Awards 2019.

The 2019 Care Sector Ball looks set to raise its target £250,000 for the Alzheimer’s Society and The Care Workers Charity, with over 50 different care sector organisations now signed up to support the annual event.

A care home in Oxfordshire has designed and built an eco-garden to encourage more wildlife to visit the home, following requests from nature loving residents.

The Royal Star & Garter Homes has appointed Kate Silver as director of people; she will start in her new role on 19 August, replacing director of human resources Siobhan Creighton, who is retiring after almost two decades with the charity.

Cartref Annwyl-Fan, an award winning nursing home in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, has been sold to Care Inn Limited in an off market transaction.

Residents from the Blossom Hill Care Home in Sunderland spent a morning with three dental nurses from the Bupa Dental Care practice in Wessington, to hear about caring for teeth as people get older.

Gracewell of Horley Park in Horley has been rated ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Construction firm Stepnell has delivered two £9 million ‘new generation’ luxury care homes in Bedfordshire.

To coincide with Ruddington Manor Care Centre in Wilford celebrating its first birthday, Ken Clarke visited the state-of-the-art care facility to kick start the celebrations.

A care home in Mundesley has been rated 'outstanding' following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Octopus Real Estate has formally secured planning permission for a major care home development at Blythe Valley Park, Solihull.

Residents at The Royal Star & Garter Home in Surbiton have been visited by an array of farmyard animals.

An innovative package is enabling easy compliance with new guidance over the provision of equipment within care homes.

A specialist dementia care home in Oxfordshire has created a wellbeing plan to entertain residents and make their dreams and wishes come true.

Residents of two Braintree care homes are enjoying a new lease of life, thanks to a high-tech tablet.

Pupils at a primary school have taken part in a sponsored run and raised nearly £700 for The Royal Star & Garter Homes.

Borough Care has linked up with The Challenge, one of the leading providers of the National Citizen Service.