RECENT NEWS

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.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found the quality of care provided by Mildenhall Lodge in St Johns Close, Mildenhall, Suffolk, to be 'outstanding' following an inspection in November.

Audley Group has completed the refinancing of its debt facilities with a five year term loan of £125 m, jointly funded by HSBC and Bank Leumi (UK).

Hallmark Care Homes is joining forces with Alzheimer’s Research UK and The Care Workers Charity this year in an effort to defeat dementia and ensure no care worker will ever face financial hardship alone.

An event held at Trent Vineyard in Nottingham on Thursday 18 January saw Allan Mostyn, partnership manager at AYMES International, present the Care Home Team of the Year Award to Alexandra Lodge.

Owners and staff across the Audley Group raised an exceptional £10,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support in 2017, with a range of fundraising events taking place at villages across the country throughout the year.

A canine relations manager, a pub and a twilight club for residents who can’t sleep are just some of the ingredients that have led to Care UK’s Mildenhall Lodge care home being rated ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

The Infection Prevention Society, which represents professionals working in infection prevention and control, is requesting nominations for its annual awards programme.

A former teacher is close to completing her memoirs despite being registered blind, thanks to special technology and staff at a Hastings care home.

Registered nurse Sara Muslin has joined the team at Great Oaks in Bournemouth as care home manager.

Edinburgh care home, Cramond Residence, has announced the appointment of Chris Morrice as care manager.

Four staff members from care homes across the Highlands are to play an advanced role in supporting elderly residents, following their completion of a dementia ambassador course.

A week celebrating all things Scottish, and including Burns Night, at Mill House care home in Chipping Campden, has been enjoyed by residents, relatives and the care team.

Care England and the NCF have welcomed the Health Select Committee’s key report on the nursing workforce; while it may not be in the headlines, the report does touch on the extremely important issue of nursing in the social care sector.