RECENT NEWS
Channel 4 commissions film set in Covid-hit care home
Channel 4 has commissioned a film set in a fictional Liverpool care home at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic last spring.- News
Person Centred Software partners with NHS Digital for GP data
Care technology provider Person Centred Software (PCS) has hooked up with NHS Digital’s GP Connect service to bring patient information directly to care homes in England.- News
Green: Spending Review leaves social care in the cold
Care England has condemned extra funding for social care unveiled by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in his Spending Review as leaving the sector “in the cold” as it battles the pandemic this winter.- News
Care homes urged to think carefully on Christmas bubbles
The government has urged care homes, residents, and their families in England to think “very carefully” about joining a household for Christmas amid the Covid-19 pandemic.- News
Frogmore hops on for £26.3m loan to build Westminster home
Real estate investment manager Frogmore has completed a £26.3m loan deal with OakNorth Bank to build a 35-bed specialist dementia care home in the City of Westminster.- News
Well Pharmacy take dose of MED e-care for care home services
National pharmacy chain Well has formed a partnership with MED e-care to provide care homes with the latter’s eMAR (electronic medication administration record) service.- News
Residents to be allowed two visitors twice a week
Care home residents will be allowed two visitors twice a week by end of year in England as part of the government’s Covid-19 winter plan.- News
Care England: stopping staff movement between homes won't work
The government’s proposals to ban the movement of social care workers between care homes will struggle to work in practice, according to Care England.- News
Care sector adapted ‘immensely well’ to Covid - Knight Frank
The UK care home sector has adapted “immensely well” to the challenges posed by Covid-19, resulting in a resilient trading performance, according to the UK Care Homes Trading Performance Review 2020 by property advisers Knight Frank.- News
Wales rolls out £3m visitor pods pilot
Temporary pods are to be provided to care homes across Wales to better facilitate visits over Christmas and the winter months.- News
Legal challenge against government Covid measures clears hurdle
A legal challenge over government decisions and measures taken in relation to care homes during the early stages of the pandemic has cleared a key hurdle in the High Court.- News
Brendoncare home picked for coronavirus testing trial
Brendoncare’s Meadway care home in Winchester has been selected as one of 20 sites across the country to take part in a four-week trial for rapid testing of visitors.- News
Signature invests in 15-minute Covid antigen tests
Signature Senior Lifestyle is to invest in 15-minute Covid antigen tests to enhance the safety of residents receiving visitors to its care homes.- News
DHSC expands care home Covid immune response study
A government-backed study to test care home staff and residents for their immune response to Covid-19 is to triple in size to provide a detailed picture of infection in England.- News
Advinia opens special care units for elderly Covid patients
Advinia Health Care has opened dedicated Covid-19 isolation units across the Midlands and North of England to ease pressure on the NHS and help prevent the virus spreading through care homes.- News
Nellsar appeals for more men to consider career in care
Nellsar, a family-run group of homes across Surrey, Essex and Kent, is marking International Men’s Day (19 November) by urging more men to consider a career in social care.- News
NCF: ‘Shocking’ lack of Covid tests for supported living residents
Just 1.3 per cent of supported living services or extra care housing schemes in England operated by National Care Forum (NCF) members are getting access to the single round of Covid testing promised by the government, according to a survey.- News
Northants Council takes over quartet of homes from Shaw Healthcare
Northamptonshire County Council is taking over responsibility for the delivery of care services at four homes from Shaw Healthcare.- News
McCarthy & Stone carves charitable foundation
Retirement community developer McCarthy & Stone has launched a charitable foundation to celebrate, champion and defend the role of older people.- News
Scotland pushes button on £1m digital device fund
The Scottish government has launched a £1m fund to provide around 1,400 care homes with digital devices to connect those receiving care with their loved ones.- News
