RECENT NEWS
Exemplar to set £20m example with five new homes
Yorkshire-based provider Exemplar Health Care is investing over £20m to open five new homes in England over the coming 12 months.- News
Musical services for dementia sufferers to get £500k tune-up
The Music for Dementia campaign and the Utley Foundation have launched of The Paul and Nick Harvey Fund to support musical activities for people living with dementia.- News
Free PPE until June for adult social care providers
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has extended the provision of free personal protective equipment (PPE) to care providers until the end of June.- News
Dementia, Care & Nursing Home Expo postponed until September
Roar B2B, the organisers of Dementia, Care & Nursing Home Expo, has postponed the event for a third time due to the pandemic.- News
Concern grows over rising care home Covid infections
Care organisations have called on the government to step up Covid vaccinations in care homes after Public Health England data showed outbreaks have more than doubled in England since late December.- News
Belong appoints Sue Goldsmith to new operations manager role
Dementia specialist provider Belong has appointed Sue Goldsmith to the newly created role of operations manager in a move designed to enhance the care operator’s provision as it prepares to open villages in Chester and Birkdale.- News
NHS Providers urges care home discharges to free up hospitals
NHS Providers has called on the government to provide financial incentives and support for the care sector to enable patients to be discharged from hospitals into care settings.- News
Scotland vaccinates 'well over half' of care home residents
More than half of Scottish care home residents have received their first dose of Covid vaccine, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.- News
Maria Mallaband awards top marks to Teesside Uni for Covid support
Maria Mallaband Care Group has paid tribute to Teesside University for online support that enabled it to fulfil its commitment to professional development during the pandemic.- News
apetito donates over £40,000 to charities for Covid efforts
Care homes meals provider apetito has made donations of a total of £40,000 to charities who work with some of those most affected by the pandemic.- News
NHS Highland beats a path to digital care technology
NHS Highland has boosted its digital technology provision with the help of Person Centred Software’s Mobile Care Monitoring system.- News
Inter-generational pilot project to combat Covid isolation
A project designed to reduce loneliness among care home residents by getting them involved in online activities with children has been launched in Nottinghamshire ahead of a nationwide launch next year.- News
Audley grabs Graham to build Cobham retirement village
Audley Group has appointed Graham to lead the construction of its £80m retirement village in Cobham in Surrey.- News
Close contact visits barred in all English care homes
Close-contact indoor visits are barred across English care homes following the imposition of a new national lockdown effective from 5 January.- News
All care home residents ‘to be vaccinated by end-January’
GPs and local vaccination services have been asked by the government to ensure every care home resident in their local area is vaccinated by the end of January.- News
Care home nurse scoops top NHS England prize
A care home manager has been recognised by NHS England's top nurse as part of its Chief Nursing Officer Awards – the first time a nurse in a care home setting has been recognised in the awards.- News
Four Seasons administrators ‘preparing care homes sale’
The administrators of Four Seasons Health Care are preparing to sell the troubled chain of care homes 20 months after its collapse, according to newspaper reports.- News
HC-One poised to open doors in first York home
HC-One is to open its Mossdale Residence care home in York providing residential, nursing and dementia care for up to 80 residents on 5 January.- News
CareTech Foundation chief executive awarded MBE
Jonathan Freeman, founder and chief executive of the CareTech Foundation - the first independent grant-making charitable corporate foundation in the care sector - has been awarded an MBE for services to charity in the Queen’s new year’s honours list.- News
GPs to earn £10 per care home vaccine jab
GPs are to earn an extra £10 for every care home resident they are able to vaccinate against Covid by the end of January in an accelerated drive by the NHS to protect the most vulnerable.- News
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