RECENT NEWS

Managers of Anchor care homes, which gained an ‘outstanding’ rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), came together for a formal gathering where they each received recognition from CEO Jane Ashcroft.

St Christopher’s Hospice in Bromley will benefit from the award nomination of Baycroft’s Grays Farm Road care home; the Orpington home has been selected as a finalist in the Best New Care Home category of the Pinders Healthcare Design Awards, which includes a £500 donation to a local charity.

Applications are now open for nurses and team leaders across Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife to become part of the specialist team at one of the capital’s newest care homes.

A new care home development in Lichfield celebrates a major milestone with a topping out ceremony; the occasion marked the completion of the latest stage of the 70 bed care home where the final tile was laid.

Glyn Thomas Care Home, located in Immingham, North East Lincolnshire, has been acquired by LeongENT Ltd, a growing care provider with an established care home in Boston, South Lincolnshire.

Filestream has announced that Kingsley Healthcare, a Lowestoft-based care homes group, is using the latest version of its enterprise document management software (EDMS) to ensure GDPR compliance and support the business, which is expected to double in size over the next five years.

Audley Group has exchanged contracts on its 18th Audley Villages site at Scarcroft, West Yorkshire; the vendor is MNI (Scarcroft) Ltd (in administration) represented by FraserCRE acting as LPA Receivers and the agent for the vendor is BNP Paribas Real Estate.

LifeCare Residences has announced the appointment of David Knight as the new general manager of Grove Place.

British Ceramic Tile has made inroads into the care home sector, securing a new contract with luxury care provider Leycester House.

SOCOTEC, formerly ESG, a provider of testing, inspection and compliance services, has recently been accredited by City & Guilds for Legionella training.

Staff at a very sheltered housing development in East Ayrshire are celebrating success after scooping a top food and hygiene accolade.

New Care is the first care home group in the UK to install the Dechoker anti-choking device in all its care centres.

LifeCare Residences has strengthened its food and beverage offering at Battersea Place with the appointment of a new hospitality and butler manager, Matthew Balman, who previously worked for The Royal Household at Buckingham Palace.

A long standing employee of Barchester Healthcare has been rewarded with a new car for her participation in the company’s 2017 Employee Engagement Survey.

Hallmark Care Homes’ facility in Maesteg, Bryn Celyn Care Home, celebrated over a decade of delivering excellent relationship-centred care recently with a party to mark the milestone event.

Anchor’s Beech Hall has installed the Tovertafel ‘magic table’ as part of its anniversary celebrations.

A full scale fire rescue with the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service has been staged at the new Castle View Retirement Village at Helston Lane, Windsor, which opens this Autumn.

LifeCare Residences, the international retirement village operator, has made a £500 donation to Brain Tumour Research Campaign, to celebrate its London development, Battersea Place, reaching finalist status at the Pinders Healthcare Design Awards.

An Essex care home owner has been fined £120,000 at Southend Magistrates’ Court following an incident in which a 75-year-old woman was injured leaving her with a life changing condition.

Scio Healthcare, comprising of three care homes located on the Isle of Wight - Highfield Nursing Home in Ryde, Springfield Nursing Home in Shanklin and The Elms Nursing Home in Bembridge - has been sold by specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co.