RECENT NEWS

Anchor and McCarthy Stone have joined forces to plan an ‘affordable for all’ £40m retirement community in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands.

Exemplar Health Care has opened a multi-faith room at its Blackmoor specialist care home in Birmingham for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.

Audley Group has appointed Graham to lead on the construction of a 110-acre retirement village in West Yorkshire.

Avery Healthcare has awarded Horizon Construction the contract to build the former’s £8.4m care home in Braintree, Essex.

Millennium Care has been granted planning permission for a 48-bed care home in Standish near Wigan.

New staff joining the social care workforce in Scotland are to have entry costs paid by the Scottish government until the end of March.

The Isle of Man has unveiled plans to build a £12.75m residential care home in Ramsey in the north of the island.

Taiwanese medical equipment supplier Apex Medical has changed its brand to Wellell.

Royal Star & Garter’s High Wycombe care home has received accreditation from care and culture consultancy Meaningful Care Matters for the implementation of its person-centred care model.

Social care heroes across the country are set to be recognised for their hard work in a rolling awards programme.

Exemplar Health Care is set to open this summer the £4.1m Edgewater care home in Wallasey, on Wirral in Merseyside.

Wren House Infrastructure has acquired Voyage Care from private equity outfits Duke Street and Partners Group for an undisclosed sum.

Simply UK has submitted plans to build a 70-bed care home in St Andrews on the east coast of central Scotland.

Exemplar Health Care has been granted planning permission to build a 30-bed care home in Walsall.

Allegra Care and real estate fund manager Moorfield have completed the acquisition of two homes in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk from Alysia Caring, adding a further 133 beds to the partnership’s nursing, dementia and care homes portfolio.

Exhibition organiser ROAR B2B has launched UK Care Week, a new show that replaces the Dementia, Care & Nursing Home Expo.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has extended the provision of free PPE to adult social care providers until 31 March 2023.

Castlemeadow Care has secured planning permission for the development of a £30m care complex in Halesworth, East Suffolk.

A survey by National Care Forum (NCF) has found 43 per cent of care home providers are closing to new admissions due to the impact of the Omicron variant.

Care home critical equipment and services provider JLA has unveiled a new brand and customer focus following a period of acquisitions and consolidation.