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Care leaders react to new Care Workforce Pathway

Care sector leaders have reacted with cautious optimism to the government’s announcement of a new package of support for the domestic care workforce.

Skills for Care inspires carers to #KeepLearning

Skills for Care is running a campaign to inspire social care workers to #KeepLearning throughout January and February.

Untold Living plans 139-home Eastbourne retirement scheme

Later living developer Untold Living has submitted plans for a 139-home integrated retirement community (IRC) in Eastbourne.

New owner for Suffolk village care home

The Briars Residential Care Home in Glemsford, Suffolk, has been sold to an established local operator.

Four in ten social care businesses unprepared for CQC changes

Forty per cent of social care and health businesses say they feel unprepared for the CQC’s newly revised single assessment framework.

New care home opens in East Renfrewshire

Mearns View Care Home in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, has been officially opened by Scottish Care chief executive Dr Donald Macaskill.

Care UK celebrates Christmas with Care to Share

Care UK is spreading the joy of Christmas with its Care to Share initiative.

£50m Luxury Highgate care home opens its doors

Signature Senior Lifestyle has marked the official opening of Signature at Highgate, its flagship £50m care home in Highgate, North London.

Oakland Care CEO named ESG Champion for second year

Oakland Care CEO Joanne Balmer has been named ESG Champion at HealthInvestor’s Power Fifty Awards for a second year in a row.

Atelier to finance two new care homes

Loans from the development finance lender Atelier will allow construction of two new care homes in West Yorkshire and Cheshire.

Birmingham dementia suite opened by Lord Mayor

The Lord Mayor of Birmingham has officially opened a dedicated dementia suite at Macc Care’s Austin Rose care home in West Heath.

Hallmark Care Homes unveils bold rebrand

Hallmark Care Homes has undergone a bold rebrand in order to broaden its appeal to new audiences and set it apart from other care home providers.

Derbyshire home sold for first time in seventeen years

The Firs Residential Home in Derbyshire has been purchased by new entrants to the care sector following a confidential sales process with Christie & Co.

Grimsby care home under new ownership

Hull-based HICA Group has purchased Fairways Care Home in Grimsby from Care Plus Group.

New guidance to improve quality of care for vegetarians and vegans

Vegetarian for Life and the Care Inspectorate have collaborated on new guidance on good care for vegans and vegetarians.

Sanctuary Care cuts food waste by almost a third in one year

Not-for-profit care provider Sanctuary Care has reduced daily food waste in its 110 homes by 31 per cent in just one year.

Scottish group Craigard Care sold to new owners

Craigard Care Group – a portfolio of three Scottish care homes located in Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, and Moray – has been sold to new owners.

Rishi Sunak visits Northallerton care home

Rishi Sunak has visited a Northallerton care home in his constituency to help residents dress their Christmas tree.

Care UK celebrates topping out at new Bristol care home

Care UK has marked a construction milestone for Ladden View care home in Yate, near Bristol, with the help of the local mayor.

Belong achieves gold standard for end-of-life care

Dementia specialist Belong has earned the Quality Hallmark Award for demonstrating best practice in end of life and palliative care.

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