RECENT NEWS

A state‐of‐the‐art dementia care refurbishment scheme delivered across a live Royal British Legion care home in Warwickshire has been handed over by contractor J Tomlinson.

Care home meals provider apetito has committed to paying from January the ‘real’ living wage - the voluntary hourly rate recommended by the Living Wage Foundation.

Octopus Real Estate is to develop and fund the construction of a 60-bedroom care home in Winchester to be operated by local outfit Brendoncare.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has commenced High Court proceedings against two businessmen and a company over alleged links to investments in care homes in which investors appear to have lost at least £30m.

Healthcare waste management company Anenta has launched an app that gives care homes the ability to conduct compulsory clinical waste pre-acceptance and duty of care audits without the need for third-party on-site visits.

Meals provider apetito has opened registration for its latest webinar on care home catering to be held on 19 November.

London-based private equity outfit Agilitas has sold care home operator Exemplar Health Care to investment manager Ares Management for an undisclosed sum.

A Kent project that keeps a close eye on the health of care home residents remotely has been extended for a year after the NHS claimed a trial showed impressive results.

Kingsley Healthcare has unveiled plans to build a 66-bed luxury care home in Holt, north Norfolk by autumn 2022.

Surrey Care Association (SCA) has identified key reforms needed to reinvent the social care sector, as it looks to improve its funding, efficiency, working conditions and public image.

The government’s guidance on care home visits in England during national lockdown opens the door to blanket bans despite claims to the contrary, according to the National Care Forum (NCF).

Adult social care needs a £1.7bn funding package to support care at home and unpaid carers this winter, according to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS).

Specialist care provider Cornerstone Healthcare has been named as complex care provider of the year at the 2020 HealthInvestor awards.

All care home residents in England should be allowed to receive visits from their family and friends in a Covid-secure way following new guidance to be used during national lockdown, the government has said.

Consultancy group Meaningful Care Matters is to launch an international networking platform that aims to grow a community that can support each other through the ongoing changes and challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.

The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has called on the government to urgently bring forward proposals for reforms to sort out social care “for all, once and for all”.

Management service provider Quality Compliance Systems (QCS) has notched 5,000 care provider clients by signing up Finchley-based charity Barnet Carers.

Care England has called on the Home Office to reconsider its decision to reject recommendations to place senior care workers and registered managers on the shortage occupation list (SOL).

Hallmark Care Homes has opened a £12m facility near Brentwood in Essex using technology for a virtual event understood to be a first for the care sector during current Covid restrictions.

A coalition of over 60 organisations brought together by the National Care Forum (NCF) has called on the government to ensure care homes are supported to enable visits by families and loved ones during the pandemic.