RECENT NEWS

Hampden House in Harrogate has opened a new memory suite to help support residents living with memory-related conditions including dementia.

A topping-out ceremony has been held for Housing 21’s Michaelmas Court development in Thurston, Suffolk.

Care UK is offering free access to Blue Light Card membership for its staff as part of a new partnership.

Oakland Care has announced a partnership with voice tech pioneer Vocala to explore how technology can enhance the lives of its residents.

Family-owned Affinity Care Consortium has acquired a Solihull care home with the support of a funding package from HSBC UK.

Not-for-profit Greensleeves Care is to develop a 60-bed care home in Milton Keynes following completion of a deal by property consultancy Kirkby Diamond.

Millennium Care Group has achieved B Corp accreditation, which holds organisations to the highest social and environmental standards.

Aria Care has announced a 12-month partnership with Burns Gym to bring its virtual fitness programme to all 50 Aria care homes.

Care leaders have written a joint open letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

Care England’s Professor Martin Green OBE has reacted with disappointment to the news that social care funding reform has been abandoned.

The National Care Forum has responded to the Chancellor’s decision to scrap planned social care reform.

The interim chief executive of the CQC, Kate Terroni, has responded to an interim independent report that found significant failings in the regulator’s internal workings.

apetito has announced a £1.3m investment to increase the number of solar panels used at its main manufacturing site in Trowbridge, Wiltshire.

Meadowbrook, a new luxury care home in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, opens its doors to residents this July, with a grand launch to follow in December.

Oakland Care has celebrated its 10th anniversary with celebrations across its ten homes.

Willow House care home in South Brent, Devon, has announced the installation of solar panels part-funded by the South Brent Community Energy Society.

Luxury care group Connaught Care Collection is offering free ‘full body’ health checks to all of its 184 staff members.

The National Care Forum (NCF) - the leading association for not-for-profit social care has responded to the King’s Speech.

Leading care homes meal provider apetito is expanding its pioneering closed-loop recycling system for meal trays into care homes across the UK.

Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has announced the sale of The White House care home in Chatham, Kent.