RECENT NEWS

A new report from the NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) shows how clinical research is working to address the challenges faced by people working and living in care homes.

An Amazon bestseller recruitment and retention book is set to transform health and social care by addressing the need for recruitment and retention improvement across the whole sector.

Commenting on CQC’s Annual Report, Professor Martin Green OBE, chief executive of Care England, says: “The report indicates that although progress has occurred there is much to be done in order to ensure that all providers are in a position to provide the best quality care; getting to grips with the fees from local authorities and CCGs is key to this objective."

Residents in Rugby are delighted that their home has become the sixth WCS Care home to be recognised as ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by Drovers House in Rugby to be 'outstanding' overall following an inspection in April.

Brunelcare’s Robinson House care home in Stockwood, South Bristol, has held a ‘food festival’ afternoon to celebrate the cultural diversity of the home’s residents and staff.

A new scheme at three HC-One homes in West Yorkshire aims to combat the loneliness epidemic by introducing afternoon tea for seniors.

The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by Risby Hall Nursing Home in Risby, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, to be 'outstanding' following an inspection in February.

Barchester Healthcare is celebrating after receiving a prestigious award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) for its contribution to occupational health and safety in the healthcare sector.

National maritime charity the Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society welcomed actress and animal rights activist, Virginia McKenna, to its Banstead-based nursing care home, Belvedere House, as part of its Carers Week celebrations.

Gainsborough Baths Limited, the West Midlands manufacturer for specialist bathing under its established Gainsborough, Abacus Healthcare and Access brands, is delighted to announce a new company structure and location for future development and enhanced customer service.

A North-West business that plans to eradicate institutionalised care and stamp out ageism has been named one of the top innovators in active and healthy ageing by the European Commission.

One Housing’s first Season-branded extra care scheme outside London, Rosebank Park, opened in Essex on Thursday 22 June; the £11 million development in Harwich is the first in it’s current wave of expansion into older people’s housing and care outside London.

National home care provider HC-One has been pulling out all the stops to make residents’ wishes come true at Meadowbank House in Bolton.

A new multi-million pound, state-of-the-art retirement home at Nautilus International’s Wallasey-based, Mariners’ Park Estate, welcomed its first residents on 23 June following its royal unveiling.

Work has begun on a £200,000 investment in better access at a Berwickshire retirement housing development.

The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by Wren Hall Nursing Home in Selston, Nottinghamshire, to be 'outstanding'.

Christie & Co has sold a portfolio of 35 care homes on behalf of Embrace Group to Sanctuary Group in an off market deal.

Durapipe UK is celebrating a successful five year partnership with specialist residential care sector contractor Heatcare, which has seen the HTA pipe system installed in an array of new care home developments across the country.

Resident care has undergone a hi-tech revolution at a leading Sheffield care home as it becomes the first in Yorkshire to install a pioneering new generation of nurse call system designed to prioritise care for the most vulnerable.