RECENT NEWS

Havendene Care Home in Prudhoe in Northumberland has been sold to Dr and Mrs Khan, who plan to continue offering the high level of care that has been provided at Havendene for many years.

Mayfield Villages, the new retirement villages proposition from Audley Group, has secured planning permission to begin work on its first site in Watford.

Miele has appointed Sam Bailey as its new sales and marketing director for the professional division in the GB territory.

BB Training Academy has announced that it is expanding its health and social care apprenticeship programmes and learning and development courses, which are designed for those wishing to develop their skills and knowledge within the wider care sector.

The 12 finalists for the NACC Care Chef of the Year 2018 culinary competition have been confirmed.

Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has renewed its calls for structured plans to integrate health and social care.

Peter Rose, who previously set up Find Signage, has launched a new business to help care homes meet the wider range of challenges they face relating to the environment.

Winterbrook Nursing Home in the Oxfordshire market town of Wallingford has been sold to Wallingford Care Ltd.

The doors to Grosvenor Manor Care Centre on Heath Lane in Chester have been officially opened by one of the home’s first residents, Miss Margaret Laird.

Despite the cold weather, things are hotting up for the return of Care Roadshow Glasgow to Hampden Park Stadium on Tuesday 17 April.

Elderly residents in Lincolnshire are having a say in how their rooms are decorated thanks to a pioneering project being run by Tanglewood Care Homes.

A family owned care operator has acquired a local Hertfordshire nursing home, and plans to transform the home over the next couple of years.

The Deputy Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Mike Leddy was the guest of honour at a celebratory lunch organised for the residents of a Nehemiah UCHA retirement scheme in Digbeth, Birmingham to mark a major anniversary in the history of the scheme.

A former Gateshead College student with learning difficulties has spoken out about how his grandad’s dying wish led him to a career in the care sector.

DC Care has recently completed the sale of The Laurels Care Home in Aberdare, South Wales on behalf of Mr Keith Jones.

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Jeremy Hunt has confirmed that there will be a cap on what people are expected to pay for their care and has also promised to find a way to help local authorities fund care and a 10 year joint NHS and social care workforce strategy.

The boss of a leading housing and care provider has paid tribute to staff who went ‘the extra mile’ to ensure that vital services continued when the ‘Beast from the East’ hit parts of the UK recently.

LifeCare Residences, a retirement village operator, has announced the appointment of Joseph Fisher as the new head chef at Battersea Place, a luxury retirement community in London.

A new £13.5m care village developed by Prime in Newcastle-under-Lyme will soon be ready to welcome its first residents, as construction work on the scheme is now complete.

Great Oaks, a specialist residential, nursing and dementia care home in Bournemouth, has been crowned the winner of the Dorset Building Excellence Awards 2018 for Best Inclusive Building.