RECENT NEWS

Orchard Care Homes wins LaingBuisson Award for Excellence

Orchard Care Homes has been named the 2023 winner of the LaingBuisson Award for Excellence in Large Residential Care.

Construction begins on 85-bed home in TraffordCity

Work has begun to start on an 85-bed care home with specialist on-site dementia care at Trafford Waters in TraffordCity, Manchester.

Sandstone Care Group opens its ninth care home

Sandstone Care Group has added a new home to its portfolio – Priesty Fields Care Home in Congleton, Cheshire.

Skills for Care focuses on improving digital confidence

Throughout November and December, Skills for Care is running a campaign to help social care workers feel confident with digital technology.

Nellsar increases menopause support for staff

Nellsar Care Homes is looking to create a more inclusive environment following its efforts to mark World Menopause Day in October.

Longitude Prize on Dementia partners with Social Tech Trust

Social enterprise Challenge Works is partnering with social innovation charity Social Tech Trust to support teams competing for the Longitude Prize on Dementia.

NCF responds to National Audit Office social care report

The National Care Forum has responded to the publication of the National Audit Office’s report on Reforming Social Care in England.

Wiltshire village home sold to local operator

Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has announced the sale of Moormead House Nursing Home in Wroughton, Wiltshire.

apetito celebrates eight years of supporting the real living wage

This Living Wage Foundation Week (6-12 November) leading care sector meals provider apetito is celebrating eight years of supporting the real Living Wage.

Boutique Care Homes acquires site on Kent coast

Boutique Care Homes is set to build a new 78-bed care home in Kent after acquiring a 3.5-acre site in the coastal town of Deal.

Surrey care group owners celebrate Lifetime Achievement award

Liakat and Nazira Hasham, CEO & Founding Partner of CHD Living, are celebrating a Lifetime Achievement accolade courtesy of the Social Care Leadership Awards.

Octopus Real Estate provides loan to LNT Care

Specialist real estate lender Octopus Real Estate has provided a framework loan to LNT Care Developments to support the development of new care homes.

Hartford Care acquires Inver House from Somerset Care

Hartford Care has acquired Inver House care home in Bembridge, on the Isle of Wight, from Somerset Care.

Cannock car park to be transformed into care home

Midlands-based Deeley Group has partnered with provider Exemplar Health Care to transform a former car park into a new 33-bedroom care home.

CHD living hosts inaugural management conference

Luxury care provider CHD Living recently held a management conference with the theme of ‘moving forwards’ to present its vision for the future of the company.

Care UK celebrates Surrey Care Awards nominations

Care UK is celebrating after a number of its teams were nominated in various categories for the Surrey Care Awards.

Southsea care home sold to Dorset-based operator

Regency Nursing Home in Southsea, Hampshire, has been sold to an operator with a care home in Dorset.

Larchwood Care sells portfolio to Ann’s Care Homes

Larchwood Care has sold its portfolio of seven Northern Ireland care homes to family-owned operator Ann’s Care Homes.

Care England welcomes Accelerating Reform Fund

Care England has welcomed the government’s announcement of £42.6m for adult social care via its Accelerating Reform Fund.

CHD Living steps up commitment to end-of-life care

Care group CHD Living has put two more of its homes through a programme aimed at enhancing end-of-life care.

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