RECENT NEWS

Retirement homes provider Birchgrove has secured planning permission to redevelop the site of a former police station on Chiswick High Street.

Care provider The Orders of St John Care Trust has announced its merger with The Fremantle Trust.

New research from probate brokers Final Duties has shown that power of attorney applications increased by a third in 2023.

MHA is asking the public to support its MHA Sunday event, which encourage churches to hold services to raise awareness of Methodist Homes.

Asheborough House in Saltash, on the Devon and Cornwall border, has been purchased by Ashville Residential Home Ltd.

Family-owned Castlemeadow Care is expanding its operations in East Anglia thanks to £18m in funding from Cynergy Bank.

Yorkshire-based Constantia Healthcare has bought Linson Court in Batley and Manor Croft in Dewsbury – its first homes in the county.

Care UK’s Carpathia Grange in Hythe, Hampshire, has been awarded Care VIP accreditation for its work with residents living with dementia.

The organisers of UK Care Week have unveiled the agenda for the upcoming 2024 event, which takes place on 20/21 March at NEC Birmingham.

A not-for-profit care home in Dumfries has been named Scotland’s Care Home of the Year at the national Caring UK Awards.

A new outdoor wellbeing space has been opened at Devonshire Court care home in Leicester.

Court House, a 33 bed care home in Cullompton, Devon, has been purchased by BN Care Holdings, which currently owns four homes in the region.

Blackfinch Property has announced the official completion and opening of Moorland Garden Nursing Home.

With energy prices remaining high, Care England has launched guidance for care providers looking to become more energy efficient.

Towy Castle Care Home in Carmarthen, Dyfed, has been sold to My Choice Healthcare, Christie & Co has announced.

Digital bank OakNorth has provided a bespoke loan to award-winning care home provider Lovett Care to develop a new Manchester care home.

Vida Healthcare is celebrating after taking on over eighty nursing and paramedic placement students as part of its partnership with the University of Bradford.

Care sector leaders have reacted with cautious optimism to the government’s announcement of a new package of support for the domestic care workforce.

Skills for Care is running a campaign to inspire social care workers to #KeepLearning throughout January and February.

Later living developer Untold Living has submitted plans for a 139-home integrated retirement community (IRC) in Eastbourne.