RECENT NEWS

Kerry Dearden, commercial and marketing director, The Orders of St John Care Trust’s (OSJCT), has been appointed as the organisation’s first deputy chief executive. Kerry has taken on the role in addition to her normal executive responsibilities.

Accrington’s Springhill Care Group has been identified as one of the 1000 companies to inspire Britain in a report by the London Stock Exchange Group.

Care home specialist NHG and Clinicare Supplies have merged under the name Blueleaf to become one of the largest care sector specialists in the UK.

The report from the joint inquiry by the Health Select Committee and the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee into the long term funding of adult social care has been welcomed by sector organisations, including Care England.

A care home has been sentenced after an employee suffered significant injuries after falling around 1.5 metres down a lift shaft.

Doddington Lodge, which is located within the village of Cleobury Mortimer near Kidderminster, Shropshire, has been sold.

Audley Group has instructed Knight Frank to advise on sales and marketing for its first London project, Nightingale Place in Clapham.

Aberdeenshire-based registered nurses looking for a position in the care industry are invited to attend a recruitment open day taking place at six care homes across the region.

The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by The Tudors Care Home in Stanground, Peterborough, to be 'outstanding' following an inspection in April.

The recent case of 104 year old Daisy Staines, who died in a care home in Essex and had no known next of kin to attend her funeral, highlights the increasing prevalence of people outliving their immediate relations.

Innovative ‘red bags’ that help care home residents admitted to hospital be discharged quicker are being rolled out across the country.

Hallmark Care Homes in association with Care England will attempt to raise £100,000 for Alzheimer’s Research UK and The Care Workers Charity at a glittering fundraising event in Mayfair.

Two 83-year-old pensioners were given a once in a lifetime chance to become the Bield Deacon and Bield My Lord at this year’s Linlithgow march and gala.

Care UK’s Silversprings care home was transformed into a scene from 1940s Britain with wartime singing, dancing and traditional celebrations last Saturday.

LifeCare Residences, the luxury retirement community operator, is hosting an open day at the Albert Suites, its boutique, luxury nursing and rehabilitation facility, located opposite Battersea Park in London.

RMBI has opened a boutique care centre at Devonshire Court in Oadby in Leicester.

Maryanne Scriven has been appointed group clinical development lead for the Hartford Care family.

A new report ‘SAFE: Banishing Medication Errors in Care Homes (Safeguard Against Frontline Errors)’ has been published by Omnicell UK & Ireland, a provider of automated healthcare and medication adherence solutions.

Borough Care, the not for profit provider of care for older people in Stockport, has partnered with Oomph! to provide its residents with more day trips out to destinations further afield.

A furniture manufacturer that has been putting comfort into care for over half a century has unveiled a new ownership and management structure to drive future growth and development.