RECENT NEWS

WCS Care has been announced as a finalist in the Charity Times Awards which celebrate best practice in the UK charity and not-for-profit sector.

New figures released by care home reviews website carehome.co.uk have revealed that half (49 per cent) of care home staff say care homes are protecting their residents by banning smoking inside the building.

It has never been more important to recruit effectively in the care sector, says care home specialist Caresolve; according to James Parkin, co-founder and operations director, many care homes find it difficult to find – and keep - high quality staff.

Paul Burstow – social policy expert and former minister of state for social care - has been appointed as chair of the national improvement agency and independent charity, the Social Care Institute for Excellence.

Green-fingered tenants at a West Lothian retirement development have been given the welcome addition of a new herb garden.

A beautiful outdoor sculpture, commissioned by Care UK from a talented local artist, has been unveiled at a care home in Bury St Edmunds.

The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by The Foundation of Lady Katherine Leveson in Knowle, Solihull, to be 'outstanding' overall following an inspection in May.

Three members of staff at the Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society’s Banstead nursing care home have been presented with 10 year, long service awards.

Social care providers have told a leading sector regulator that they are committed to driving up standards but are being hampered by funding shortages and the ability to recruit nursing and care staff.

Mira Showers has become a brand partner of charity: water as part of its ongoing community-centred approach to charity engagement.

Healthcare provision to residents in care homes across England is often ‘erratic and inequitable’, a major three year study led by the University of Hertfordshire and funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), has found.

A Glenrothes Care Home has celebrated the opening of its dementia friendly garden with a traditional summer fete.

Social care providers from across the region are set to quiz a leading regulator on how they can raise standards while coping with the current financial crisis in the sector.

The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) Training & Development Forum 2017 will bring the NACC’s 30th anniversary celebrations to a grand crescendo with an engaging programme, excellent networking opportunities, entertainment and a special cake competition.

Having been owned by the same family for over 50 years it was a day of mixed emotions for the vendors of Malmesbury House when completion day finally came around in June.

Two high profile extra care schemes in Stoke-on-Trent delivered by Eric Wright Construction, part of the Eric Wright Group, have been crowned some of the best in the West Midlands at the Building Excellence Awards 2017.

A leading housing and care provider has received glowing praise from the Care Inspectorate after gaining five and six star reviews for its West Coast services.

A care home in Sandown has been praised as 'outstanding' by inspectors for its “exceptionally personalised care.”

A suspended grid system from Armstrong Ceiling Solutions has been used on a building forming part of a council's largest ever capital investment programme.

Urgent Technology has announced that award winning specialist care service provider Orchard Care Homes has implemented its eMaintenance+ software.