RECENT NEWS

The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) declared Martin McKee of The Hawthorns, Aldridge, the NACC Care Chef of the Year 2019 on Wednesday 5 June, following a closely fought national final.

Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare’s health and safety advisor has secured a seat on the National Association for Safety and Health in Care Service (NASHICS) board.

Thistle Court Nursing & Residential Home in the village of Cwmbran, Monmouthshire, has been put up for sale.

When MHA Fitzwarren Court resident Bernard Berry settled in to life at the retirement living scheme, he didn’t expect that he would end up skydiving to raise funds for their amenity fund at the age of 83.

Person Centred Software is working on a demonstrator project with Sutton Council as part of the South West London Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) to digitise the transfer of documentation between care homes and hospitals.

Silverline Care, a care provider for the elderly which operates six nursing homes across Scotland and two nursing homes in Yorkshire, has appointed Thomas Cook as the company’s new financial reporting and systems manager.

The JLA group is delighted to announce the acquisition of Fire Facilities Management Limited (Fire FM).

Greasbrough Nursing Home in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, which is currently closed, has been sold to a first time buyer in the sector who plans to reopen the home.

A £5.5 million Hythe care home has marked its latest construction milestone with the help of a special guest.

Residents from MHA Bradbury Grange in Whitstable have been showing off their artistic talents in a recent exhibition at a local museum and gallery.

Hollybank House in Oakerthorpe, a 40-bed facility caring for elderly residents and one of three care homes operated by Only Care, commissioned Gainsborough to install a specialist wet room and accessible toilets for enhanced care.

Residents at a care home in Oxfordshire recently received a visit from some exotic guests.

Stephen George + Partners LLP (SGP) has completed work on 44 Retirement Living apartments and 58 Retirement Living Plus apartments at Ilkley, West Yorkshire, for McCarthy & Stone North East.

Borough Care marked Dementia Action Week (20-26 May) with a range of activities at its 11 homes across Stockport.

Relatives of local military veterans have gathered to see their loved ones celebrated at The Royal Star & Garter Home in High Wycombe.

Work is now underway on the development of a new £7.5 million care home in Doonfoot, Ayrshire, which was marked by an official sod cutting ceremony on site.

Sunrise of Westbourne is celebrating the success of its Wishing Well after granting one of its residents their lifelong wish.

CHS Group, the Cambridgeshire charitable housing association and social enterprise, has introduced Nourish, an electronic care management platform, to three of its residential care homes - Alex Wood House and Langdon House in Cambridge, and Vera James House in Ely.

Residents at a care home in Kemnay have been horsing around this week thanks to a visit from some new equine friends.

Octopus Real Estate, part of the Octopus Group and leading investor in healthcare facilities throughout the UK, has exchanged contracts with IM Properties to purchase a 1.4 acres site in the Blythe Valley Park development.