RECENT NEWS

Civil engineers Farrans has kicked off construction of a £13m Passivhaus care home in Leighton Buzzard for Central Bedfordshire Council.

Ideal Carehomes is to welcome its first residents at its new, £12m Foley Grange care home in Kidderminster next month.

Calendula Group has acquired the 87-bed Bebington care home in the Wirral from Four Seasons Health Care with a view to a £1m programme of refurbishment.

Retirement village provider Audley Group has appointed Matthew Nicholson as its new planning director.

Midlands provider Macc Care has opened its purpose-built 65-bed Studley Rose care home near Redditch in Worcestershire.

Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid has set out the key principles of the government’s imminent social care white paper.

The National Care Forum (NCF), the association for not-for-profit organisations in the care and support sector, has released its annual impact report highlighting its work for members.

HC-One chairman Sir David Behan CBE is to step down from his role by the end of the year after serving three years on the board.

Greensleeves Care has achieved practical completion on its 80-bed Buckler’s Lodge luxury care home in Crowthorne, Berkshire.

English Oak Care Homes has secured an eight-figure funding package from HSBC UK to expand two of its current sites and purchase a new home in Hampshire.

An overwhelming majority of social care workers say their care employer is experiencing staff shortages with burnout, overwork and pay among the main reasons cited, according to UNISON.

New Care has opened its £15m Bridgewater Manor care home in Worsley in the City of Salford.

Midlands-based care home developer Urban Village Healthcare has filed plans for a 70-bed care home with seven assisted living apartments in Blackburn, Lancashire.

Avery Healthcare has been given the all-clear to build a 66-bed care home in Godmanchester in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire.

MPs have voted in favour of a controversial amendment to the government's social care funding reforms.

Silbury Finance has issued a £39.3m loan for Elysian Residences’ retirement village in Tunbridge Wells, Kent incorporating 89 luxury apartments, penthouses and hotel-style facilities.

Care UK has been granted planning permission to build a 60-bed care home in Wilmslow on appeal.

London wallcovering outfit ATADesigns has won an award for its music wall mural at Towerview Care’s Trent Court care home in Burton upon Trent.

Skills for Care has officially launched the Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS), which aims to be the leading source of workforce intelligence for the sector.

Warwick Business School (WBS), University College London and National Care Forum (NCF) are to study how Covid-19 has affected older people’s care homes and experience of working in them.