RECENT NEWS

Farehaven Lodge Care Home, a well established care home situated in Fareham, Hampshire, has been sold to first time buyers with experience in the care sector.

Octopus Real Estate, part of the Octopus Group and a leading investor in healthcare facilities throughout the UK, has completed three development transactions, with two sales and one acquisition.

Newly appointed general manager, Lesley Standing, recently unveiled the new marketing suite at Barchester Healthcare’s luxury care home in Eastbourne, Mortain Place, where she cut the ribbon to open the completed part of the home with an enormous pair of scissors.

Audley Chalfont Dene, the luxury retirement village based in Chalfont St Peter, officially broke ground on the third phase of properties on Monday 17 June at a VIP reception attended by Rt Hon Dame Cheryl Gillan MP for Chesham and Amersham, owners and people from the local community.

Residents and staff at Stockton-on-Tees care home, MHA Reuben Manor, enjoyed a fun-filled day on Friday 14 June as they celebrated the home’s 10th anniversary since opening its doors back in 2009.

Ardale, a new name to the residential and nursing care sector have named Oakham Grange as its first home. The £9 million bespoke 60 bed new build home is scheduled to open in early 2020, creating 200 new jobs.

The Royal Star & Garter Home in Solihull has become a Teaching Care Home after staff completed a one year course.

Barchester Healthcare is celebrating after receiving a prestigious healthcare services industry sector award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).

Staff and residents at Belmont View care home in Hertford are in high spirits following a recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection, which rated the care home as ‘outstanding’.

Matt Dodge, executive chef at dementia specialist care home Chelsea Court Place, features in the inspiring new series The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes, airing from 12 June at 9pm.

Stepnell has been awarded a £12 million contract to deliver a new luxury care facility in Eastcote, Solihull, featuring 84 rooms and apartments.

Following the current owner and manager’s decision to retire after 27 years, Glenhelenbank Residential Care Home in Luncarty, Perthshire, is now on the market.

Barchester Healthcare has paid special tribute to carers throughout the company for National Carers Week, thanking them for their dedication to the residents and patients they care for.

A Facebook post about how night staff at Allithwaite care home wear pyjamas for the benefit of residents with dementia went viral reaching 13 million people in just seven days.

Groveland Park Care Home in Bexleyheath, in the London borough of Bexley, has been rated 'outstanding' overall by the Care Quality Commission; previously it was rated 'good'.

A multi-million pound Bracknell care home has marked its latest construction milestone; the Mayor of the Borough of Bracknell Forest, Councillor Alvin Finch, joined the Care UK team and representatives from Hamberley Development Ltd and Lawrence Baker, for a ‘topping out’ ceremony at Bickerton House in Bracknell.

MHA Stones Place care home resident, Kathleen Brown, has made a special birthday trip back to Lincolnshire country home, South Ormsby Hall, nearly 80 years after she worked there as a housemaid.

The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) declared Martin McKee of The Hawthorns, Aldridge, the NACC Care Chef of the Year 2019 on Wednesday 5 June, following a closely fought national final.

Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare’s health and safety advisor has secured a seat on the National Association for Safety and Health in Care Service (NASHICS) board.

Thistle Court Nursing & Residential Home in the village of Cwmbran, Monmouthshire, has been put up for sale.