RECENT NEWS

Rosebank Care Home in Oxfordshire has opened a new dementia-friendly, seaside-themed corridor.

The Cottage Nursing Home in Mold, North Wales, has been sold to Rosewood Healthcare Group.

Planning permission has been granted for Housing 21 to provide 65 new care-assisted homes in Oundle, North Northamptonshire.

The Care Innovation Challenge returned in July 2022 for a two-day session of idea generation and prototype trialling.

Yorkshire construction firm Hobson & Porter is building a £6m luxury care home in Sleaford, Lincolnshire.

Beechwood House care home in Yeovil, South Somerset, has been sold to Rose Care Group in a sale handled by Christie & Co.

Hill House Care Home in Malmesbury, Wiltshire has been sold to Bristol-based group Cedar Care.

The Labour Party has reaffirmed its intention to create a free-at-the-point-of-entry National Care Service, tasking The Fabian Society with drawing up a roadmap.

Cornwall Care, the largest provider of social care in Cornwall, has been acquired by housing association Sanctuary Housing.

Princedale Care Group has purchased Greenhill Park Residential Care Home in Evesham, Worcestershire.

A new strategic partnership between Places for People Living Plus and Lovell Later Living has been announced.

Integrated Care Systems go live from 1 July 2022, promising a fundamental change in the way health and care services are planned, paid for, and delivered across England.

Christie & Co have been instructed by Four Seasons Health Care Group to sell a large portfolio of 111 freehold care homes located across England, Scotland, and Jersey.

Care Home Open Week 2022 takes place on 27 June to 3 July.

Eastleigh Care Group, a group of three care homes in Devon and Somerset, has been purchased by Welford Healthcare.

The Alzheimer’s Society, Innovate UK, and the Medical Research Council have joined forces to announce a new £4.1m Longitude Prize on Dementia.

A new care home for people with dementia has completed construction in Bracknell, Berkshire.

Contract caterer Elior UK is trialling an autonomous delivery robot, BellaBot, to serve meals at a retirement village in the Home Counties.

Person Centred Software, providers of the UK’s most widely used digital care and electronic medication systems, has announced the appointment of Andrew Coles as CEO.

Social care food supplier apetito has won three awards at the British Frozen Food Federation People Awards.