RECENT NEWS

Threen House Nursing Home in Mattock Lane, Ealing, was rated 'inadequate' overall and for providing care that was not safe and well-led following an inspection in August 2017.

The State of Care report released by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) confirms that care homes are closing and home care providers are handing back contracts because they cannot viably deliver them, but how have its findings been received by some of the organisations that work in the sector.

Outgoing UKHCA chair Mike Padgham signed off from the organisation with a warning that failing to act on the current crisis in social care could bring down a government.

A new multi-million pound care home in Staffordshire built by Wildgoose Construction has opened its doors to residents.

More than half of councils expect to overspend their adult social care budgets this year by up to nearly £21 million each, while all local authorities face having to help pay a potential adult social care bill of nearly £270 million to fund six years of backpay for sleep-in shifts, according to a new survey published by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS).

With one in four British adults now obese in older age, new figures from carehome.co.uk, reveal that only 39 per cent of care home staff say they have the bariatric facilities to look after obese residents, with one in 10 care home staff (13 per cent) having to turn them away due to lack of these services.

ECO Integrated Property Solutions delivered a hard hitting presentation at the National Association of Safety and Health in Care Services (NASHICS) National Health and Safety Conference for Social Care in September.

Acting on behalf of Parklands Care Homes Limited, specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has successfully transacted The Court Nursing Home in Cardiff in an off-market deal to Care Inn Limited.

Audley has been selected as a finalist in two categories of the LaingBuisson 2017 awards.

The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) crowned the winners of the NACC Awards 2017 at a gala dinner, which also celebrated the association’s 30th anniversary.

Dedicated staff members have been honoured at Bield’s 2017 AGM for their service to the leading housing and care provider for Scotland’s older population.

The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society’s Banstead-based nursing care home, Belvedere House, has welcomed a new deputy clinical manager to its award-winning maritime care team.

Leading international and AJ 100 architecture firm Leonard Design has expanded into Australia with a new base in Sydney and a number of exciting projects on the horizon.

The first professional catering qualification for health and social care catering – Level 2 Award in Professional Cookery in Health and Social Care – developed by the National Association of Care Catering (NACC), Hospital Caterers Association (HCA) and the awarding body of the Institute of Hospitality (IOH), has been officially approved on the Ofqual Regulated Qualification Framework.

Bield has appointed four new members to its board of management who boast vast experience across a range of professional and health service sectors following its annual general meeting (AGM).

Representatives from Nursing Hygiene Group (NHG) and Clinicare Supplies have announced that the two companies are merging, with change of ownership effective as of end of October.

Albion Care Communities (ACC), a rapidly growing investor and developer of quality care homes for the elderly, has commenced two further developments in Abergavenny and Hereford.

A Bury St Edmunds care home is celebrating after its care for older people was judged to be ‘outstanding’ by independent regulator the Care Quality Commission.

Responding to the Government’s announcement that a decision on minimum wage enforcement in the social care sector will be suspended for a further month, Glen Garrod, vice president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), says: “We welcome this extended suspension of minimum wage enforcement concerning sleep-in shifts for care staff, including the issue of historic back pay, which remains a significant concern to the social care sector.

Staff and residents at a Paisley care home are gearing up to host a free, fun packed event for members from the local community.