RECENT NEWS

Occupancy levels in not-for-profit care homes in England fell to 79 per cent in January – around 10 per cent lower than the average level in 2019 – according to a survey of National Care Forum (NCF) members.

Legal & General has launched a part-exchange service that aims to remove the burden of selling a home by offering a guaranteed cash sale for potential buyers of an Inspired Village retirement property.

The UK government has published a White Paper setting out a blueprint to join up health and social care services as the key part of post-pandemic reform.

The government’s focus on the NHS at the outset of the pandemic left social care providers “neglected” and staff "exposed” by a lack of PPE, according to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

Care home resident deaths involving Covid-19 in England and Wales are continuing to rise despite the vaccine programme, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data.

Quality Compliance Systems (QCS) has teamed up with UK luxury care home group Cinnamon Care Collection to create a food safety manual for care home caterers.

Sequential Investors has teamed up with not-for-profit housing provider Housing 21 to deliver a 98-bed extra care housing scheme in Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk.

The government has rebooted its ‘Care for Others. Make a Difference.’ recruitment campaign to highlight the short-term opportunities in adult social care services during the pandemic.

More than one in three people in Britain are less likely to use care homes due to fears around infection risk, according to market research.

Music for Dementia has launched a new guide that highlights how music can be used to help alleviate Covid-19 jab anxiety for people living with dementia.

Care England has warned local authorities that proposed fee rate increases may not be enough to provide quality care as the pandemic leaves many providers struggling to cope financially.

A Surrey care provider has been ordered to pay £83,644 after a 57-year-old man died after falling out of a window while in their care.

Two Liverpool care homes that were set to close due to the economic impact of the pandemic are to remain open and be transferred to another operator.

Nearly a fifth of care home residents in England are awaiting their first dose of Covid vaccine, according to the NHS.

The British Medical Association is calling for concerted action to fix social care in the UK, saying that urgent steps need to be taken to improve it in the short, medium and long term.

The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) and Skills for Care have published the first ever standards for nurses working in care homes.

The Scottish government’s review of adult social care has recommended the creation of a statutory National Care Service on an equal footing with NHS Scotland to raise standards following the pandemic.

Labour is backing calls for care home residents to be given the legal right to receive visits from their loved ones.

A senior NHS geriatrician has expressed concern about outbreaks of Covid-19 in care homes after residents have received a first dose of vaccine.

Care home resident deaths involving Covid-19 in England and Wales rose by the fourth highest weekly toll since the start of the pandemic, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data.