RECENT NEWS
Care home occupancy rates rise despite pandemic
National care home occupancy rates are beginning to recover following the impact of Covid-19, according to market research by property consultancy Knight Frank.- News
Start-ups team up for innovative dementia care
London-based care home developer Anavo has formed a partnership with Chester outfit Liberty Care Developments to deliver innovative dementia care across a number of UK locations.- News
UK ‘must harness technology assisted care’
The UK health and care system must accelerate the use of digital technology seen over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report by thinktank Public Policy Projects (PPP).- News
Labour warns government over winter plan for care homes
Labour has warned the government has weeks to put a winter care home plan in place or risk a repeat of past mistakes in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic.- News
Allegra Care, Moorfield forge £125m portfolio partnership
Care home operator Allegra Care and real estate fund manager Moorfield Group have teamed up to create a £125m portfolio of nursing and dementia care homes.- News
Downing Street ‘going cold on social care costs cap’
The UK government is reportedly drawing up alternative plans for adult social care funding reform after cooling on ideas for a Dilnot-style cap system.- News
Bracknell marks construction path for Heathlands care home
Bracknell Forest Council has held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark construction kicking off for the £9.2m Heathlands care home in Berkshire.- News
DHSC warns care homes over rising Covid infections
Care homes in England have been warned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) of a rise in Covid-19 infections within the sector.- News
Hallmark Care Homes launches assisted living brand
Hallmark Care Homes has entered the assisted living market with the launch of the Santhem Residences luxury retirement village brand.- News
HC-One facing possible legal action over Covid deaths
HC-One, the UK’s largest care home operator, is facing the threat of possible legal action over the deaths of residents from Covid-19.- News
Home care service trials temperature monitor discs
Staff at a supported living community are trialling an innovative temperature indicator that has helped them to monitor carers and residents.- News
Torsion Care loses fight to build West Yorkshire home
Torsion Care has lost an appeal against refusal of its plans to build a 66-bed care home in Lightcliffe in West Yorkshire.- News
Montpelier Estates snaps up Sussex site
Montpelier Estates has agreed to buy the site of a former day centre in West Sussex from Chichester District Council with a view to building a new care home.- News
Legal & General gets Inspired on Bedfordshire village
Legal & General’s later living business Inspired Villages has kicked off construction of the £60m Elderswell retirement village in Bedfordshire.- News
Inverness care home goes Wyld for Covid smart technology
Morar Living will next month deploy smart technology to help reduce the spread of viruses including Covid-19 at its Castlehill care home in Inverness.- News
Simply UK secures €40m to build Morar Living brand
Glasgow real estate developer Simply UK has secured €40m from a European investor to develop its Morar Living care home and retirement living division.- News
Impact Healthcare acquires St Peters keys in Suffolk
Impact Healthcare REIT has acquired the 62-bed St Peters House care home in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk for £7.4m.- News
England social care spending ‘£600m lower than in 2010’
Annual adult social care spending in England is £600m lower than a decade ago, according to a report by the Trades Union Congress (TUC).- News
Avery on song with Derby care home plans
Avery Healthcare has won the right to develop a 63-bed care home on the outskirts of Derby following approval from Derbyshire City Council.- News
Matt Hancock to face questions on social care funding reform
MPs will question Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock on the government’s plans for a long-term solution on social care reform on Tuesday.- News
