RECENT NEWS

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co has secured a purchaser for a new state-of-the-art care home development, Farnham Mill in Surrey.

Two Christmas card designs, lovingly created by talented individuals living in Barchester care homes, have been turned into charity Christmas cards to be received by people throughout the UK.

A Milngavie day care centre has embraced the Christmas spirit with an evening of carols, festive food and a visit from Santa.

With a brand new complex due to open, retirement village provider Richmond Villages, which is part of BUPA, wanted to ensure a reliable yet energy efficient heating system for all the residential apartments.

The latest folding Minimo Plus mobility scooter from TGA has won the acclaimed BHTA Independent Living Design Award 2016.

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co has leased Leah Lodge in Blackheath on behalf of The Merchant Taylors’ Boone’s Charity.

A Glasgow care home had Santa and his reindeer drop by this week to visit the residents and help kick start their Christmas celebrations.

A care home manager has spent a night sleeping rough in Preston town centre as part of a move to raise awareness and money for the homeless as we enter the coldest season of the year.

The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) has launched its 2017 search for the UK’s best chef working in the care sector.

Eric Wright Construction, part of the Eric Wright Group, has completed a multi-million pound project to build two extra care schemes in Stoke-on-Trent.

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co has brokered the sale of Broughton Lodge Care Home in Burnham-on-Sea.

An employee at an Ayrshire care home has become one of the first care workers to complete an NHS initiative, primarily set up for ward nurses.

The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) has called for everyone who commissions or provides healthcare in care homes to follow the principles of good practice set out in its new guidelines to ensure every resident has access to high quality healthcare that fully meets their needs.

The New Deanery and St Mary’s Court residential care homes near Braintree are celebrating having won two prestigious National Care Awards at a glittering ceremony in London.

The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by The Byars Nursing Home in Caythorpe, Nottingham, to be 'Outstanding' overall following an inspection carried out in September.

Older people have been personalising their walking frames as part of Essex County Council’s unique Pimp My Zimmer campaign.

A Bristol-based healthcare company has won a prestigious national award for how its innovative technology has transformed methods of managing medicines for care home residents.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has announced that Jane Mordue has been appointed as the chair of Healthwatch England (the independent ‘consumer champion’ in health and care) and as a non-executive Board member.

Infection control company and franchisor, Bio-Rite, has announced it is expanding into Yorkshire. Drew Heald and his business partner Darrian Lewis, will now provide Bio-Rite’s comprehensive decontamination services to clients including the NHS and care homes in the region.

WCS Care’s new £10.5 million state-of-the-art specialist dementia care home in Kenilworth played host to the Rt Hon Norman Lamb MP, as part of his whistle-stop visit around Warwickshire.