RECENT NEWS

A 66 year old Glaswegian grandad has topped Scotland’s highest peak to complete a trio of events that saw him scale 2,430 metres and run 10,000 metres - raising £1,425 in the process.

The team behind a new £6 million care home in Banbury celebrated its ‘topping out’ ceremony with help from a special guest.

Barchester Healthcare has announced that Mike O’Reilly has joined its senior leadership team as general counsel, company secretary and director of care, risk and compliance.

Kohler Mira – manufacturer of showers and showering accessories – has been granted the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation for its Mira Flight Safe range of anti-slip shower trays.

The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by Woodbury Court in Laindon, Essex, to be 'outstanding' overall following an inspection in January.

A care home in Pudsey welcomed two new bright eyed and bushy tailed additions to the family recently when Gladys and Barry hatched into the world.

A daring staff member from a Glasgow care home and her sister have ziplined across the River Clyde in a brave bid to raise money for motor neurone disease.

A Barchester Healthcare home has opted for C-TEC’s innovative Quantec addressable call system.

Aesthetically attractive and simple to install, Saxon 10 Slates from Redland were a straightforward choice when it came to roofing a ground-breaking £6.2 million care facility for those with dementia.

Exposure to environments outside a comfortable temperature could help tackle major metabolic diseases, such as diabetes and obesity, and should be reflected in modern building practices, according to a new study.

Kingsley Healthcare is the latest national care home chain to sign up to the Well Careplus medicine management service, ensuring 1,000 more patients are benefiting from the safe and personalised care the system offers.

A kind-hearted boy from Strawberry Fields Primary School demonstrated the true meaning of Easter when he paid a surprise visit to a care home resident in Garforth recently.

Ella Macleod, who celebrated her turn of a century at Bupa’s Hill View Care Home in the West Dunbartonshire town of Clydebank, credits her good health to a nightly ritual of a small glass of her favourite vino before bed.

The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by Waterhall Care Centre in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, to be 'outstanding' overall following an inspection in February.

A monthly bistro at a very sheltered housing development in East Lothian has celebrated its first birthday after raising a phenomenal £4,500 in its inaugural year.

Residents at a care home in Dundee no longer need to worry about missing Sunday service, after dedicated staff created their own church in the home’s garden.

Two Nurse Plus team members have successfully completed the brand new Well-Led programme from nationwide academy, Skills for Care.

A Glasgow Care Home has come up with an unusual therapy for its residents living with dementia – providing them with their own traditional ‘pub’.

Margaret Willcox, president elect of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), responds to the latest NHS England figures for delayed transfers of care in February 2017.

Care England has responded to the latest paper by David Roe, Better Care Outcome Ltd; the paper is very timely and mirrors the analysis and recommendations in the recent reports from the Communities and Local Government Select Committee on adult social care and the Lords ad hoc Committee on the Long Term Sustainability of the NHS.