RECENT NEWS

Audley Group has raised over £1700 in a village-wide ‘bake off’ for the Dove Ward, Great Western Hospital; the event was part of a larger fund raising drive to support Audley’s care director, Joanna Lander, who is being treated for leukaemia at the ward.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued court proceedings against Care UK after it refused to refund residents who had to pay a compulsory upfront fee.

Staff and residents at a care home in Lincoln were joined by the mayor to celebrate the launch of a new home care service.

Silverline Care, a residential care provider for the elderly that operates six nursing homes across Scotland and two nursing homes across Yorkshire, has appointed two regional operations managers to look after its Scottish and Yorkshire homes.

Cowan Architects has partnered with Harrison to develop a new, fresh approach with a UK first in bespoke models for the five star, premium and collaborative retirement living sector.

Residents at an HC-One care home in Stockport dusted off their binoculars last weekend to celebrate 40 years of the Big Garden Birdwatch.

DWA Architects has submitted a planning application to Waverley District Council to extend a specialist dementia facility at Langham Court on the outskirts of Hindhead, Surrey.

Representatives from construction contractor Stepnell, care home provider Baycroft (part of One Housing) and care home developer Frontier gathered to celebrate a ‘high point’ in the construction of two new state-of the-art Bedfordshire care homes.

Care home staff and guests were delighted when Frank Ross, Edinburgh's right honourable lord provost, officially opened Queens Manor on Queensferry Road by unveiling a plaque at a recent opening ceremony at the home.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has appointed Kate Terroni as chief inspector of adult social care (ASC). Kate is due to start the role in May, taking over from Debbie Westhead who has been interim chief inspector since Andrea Sutcliffe’s departure in December last year.

Care service provider, Belmont Healthcare, has completed the acquisition of Haslington Lodge care home in Greenhithe, Kent, worth in excess of £2 million.

Sunrise Senior Living UK has been nominated for a prize at the Employee Wellbeing Awards 2019.

Inspired by Channel 4's 'Old People's Home for 4 Year Olds', Stocks Hall Care Home in Mawdesley, Lancashire recently welcomed children from a nearby primary school for a fun filled morning.

Encore Care Homes has introduced ‘Mind the Gap’, an insightful dementia training programme, across its care homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Fareham.

The refurbishment of a granite chapel attached to a care home in Hayle in West Cornwall, located between Camborne and Penzance, has been officially opened by George Eustice MP.

Months of head-to-head heats and a showdown final have seen residential care home provider Care UK crown Graham Watson Care Home Chef of the Year.

Residents enjoyed live music, food and drink as they marked Founders’ Day at The Royal Star & Garter Home in Solihull on Friday 11 January, the charity’s 103rd anniversary.

The show suites are now open at Banstead Manor, a new 77 bed care home which will provide residential and dementia care and create 100 jobs locally.

Octopus Healthcare, part of the Octopus Group and a leading investor in healthcare facilities throughout the UK and Ireland, has announced that it has raised a further £133.5 million for its Octopus Healthcare Fund and has also agreed to acquire seven care homes.

The Care Quality Commission has rated the care being provided at Northbourne, a care home in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, to be 'outstanding' after an inspection in November last year.