RECENT NEWS

Care England is calling on Liz Truss to fulfil the 2019 Conservative manifesto pledge to ‘fix social care’.

Care home residents and staff are being prioritised by the NHS for new, variant-tackling COVID-19 vaccination jabs.

St Mary’s Court in Braintree, Essex has been shortlisted for national Care Home of the Year after receiving top marks in its Gold Standard Framework (GSF) accreditation.

Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has announced the sale of Bridge House Care Home in Gwent, South Wales.

The National Care Forum has called on incoming prime minister Liz Truss to take urgent action to deliver for adult social care.

Care provider Hartford Care has teamed up with wellbeing specialist Oomph! to equip its care homes with interactive tables.

Carbon neutral care group Oakland Care is launching a range of green initiatives across its eight London and South East care homes.

Care sector consultancy Fulcrum Care has joined The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) as a bronze sponsor.

Orchard Care Homes has opened a second specialist dementia care service in Sunderland.

Family-run Beulah Lodge residential care home, located in Tunbridge Wells, in Kent, has been sold in a deal handled by Christie & Co.

A ceremony has been held to mark the topping out of HMT Littlehampton, a new dementia care home being completed in West Sussex.

The National Care Forum has responded to the government’s latest social care recruitment plans.

Purbeck House care home in Waterlooville, Hampshire, has been purchased by newly established care group VPP Estates.

Boris Johnson has launched a new national mission to tackle dementia, pledging to double research funding to £160 million a year by 2024.

Digital care planning software provider Person Centred Software and social care register Autumna have partnered to create a new live rating service for care homes.

Residents and staff at Brendoncare’s Ronald Gibson House in Tooting, South West London, will be transferring to a brand-new home next door.

Woodhayes nursing home in Exeter has been sold to family-run Stonehaven Care Group, one of the largest care home operators in Devon.

Luxury Broadstairs care home Chartwell House has celebrated the launch of its marketing suite with a special ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Family-run ACI Care Group, which owns and operates four care homes across East Sussex, Kent, and Northamptonshire, has received £7.35m of funding from Cynergy Bank.

A meeting of the West Yorkshire Dementia Ready Housing Task Force is to be held at Fern House, Bingley, on 23 August.