RECENT NEWS
Social care providers to be required by law to share data
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is to introduce new legislation to require all adult social care providers to provide information about all the services they fund.
Audley Group scores hat-trick of new hires
Retirement village provider Audley Group has made three strategic hires to strengthen its senior leadership team as it enters its next phase of growth.
Savista Developments hires ex-Balfour Beatty man to lead construction
Graham Hill has been appointed as construction director of care home design and construction business Savista Developments.
HC-One cuts ribbon on Fosse Way View in Nottingham
HC-One has celebrated the opening of its new luxury care home in Nottingham, Fosse Way View.
Social care leaders urge reform proposals before summer recess
National social leaders have called on the government to publish reform proposals ahead of the parliamentary summer recess on 22 July.
OakNorth Bank seeds finance to grow Beverley care home
OakNorth Bank has provided a £7.5m loan to Springfield Healthcare for the construction of a luxury care home development in Beverley, East Yorkshire.
University of East Anglia to study care home Covid infection control
Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) are to investigate how people who live, visit and work in care homes have coped with Covid-19 infection control measures.
Charity leaders urge Prime Minister to stick to social care promise
Leaders of 50 charities and non-for-profit organisations have written to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging him to stick to his promise to fix social care.
BT calls up HC-One for national rollout of Care Home Companions scheme
BT is to roll out its employee-led Care Home Companions initiative across the UK in partnership with leading provider HC-One.
Social care employee referral app Care Friends hits £500k milestone
Social care employee referral app Care Friends is celebrating its first anniversary having paid out over £500,000 to care workers via its points reward system.
MHA records 100 per cent ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ success rate
All Methodist Homes (MHA) retirement living schemes are now rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following an uprating of its The Fairways community in Chippenham.
Mandatory jab policy is logistical nightmare for providers - Rayner
National Care Forum chief executive Vic Rayner has called plans to impose a 'no jab, no job' policy on the care sector a "logistical nightmare" for providers and called on the government to provide implementation support.
Mandatory ‘no jab, no job’ policy to come into force in October
The government has confirmed plans to require from October staff in care homes with older adult residents in England to have Covid-19 vaccines.
Covid restrictions eased for care home residents
Care home residents will be able to spend more time with family and friends - including overnight stays - as part of government easing of Covid restrictions.
Care UK book marks launch of Nutrition and Hydration Week
Care UK has published a booklet on hydration and distributed it to all of its 124 care homes to mark Nutrition and Hydration Week.
Exemplar Health Care cuts ribbon on £5m Bradford home
Exemplar Health Care has opened a £5m care home for adults with complex needs in Bradford.
CQC to publish Covid death figures for every English care home
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) will publish from 21 July the number of Covid deaths at every care home in England.
OakNorth Bank lends £50m to back McCarthy Stone portfolio
OakNorth Bank has provided a £50m loan to Brigid Investments, a special purpose vehicle formed by John Laing and Macquarie Capital to invest in McCarthy Stone’s retirement property rental portfolio.
Apetito dishes up daily servings for Nutrition and Hydration Week
Care home meal provider apetito is to publish a daily series of webcasts and podcasts during Nutrition and Hydration Week, which kicks off on 14 June.
National Care Forum chief Vic Rayner honoured with OBE
National Care Forum (NCF) chief executive Vic Rayner has received an OBE in the Queen’s birthday honours for services to the social care sector.
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