RECENT NEWS

Leading not-for-profit care provider The Orders of St John Care Trust (OSJCT) will continue to pay the current real Living Wage from 1 April 2023.

Person Centred Software is piloting a scheme whereby London care homes can access a ‘joined-up’ record of people’s health and care information.

Care group Nellsar has officially sponsored Tennis-Talents – a charity committed to helping young tennis players from low-income families to break into the professional game.

The Care Innovation Challenge, a hackathon-style creative weekend of idea generation and prototype trialling, returns in July.

Bymead House Nursing Home in Dorset has been sold to BN Care Group, which owns two care homes in Exeter, Devon.

The Abbeyfield Society has made a commitment to supporting its employees during the cost of living crisis by increasing pay for frontline staff by 15 per cent.

Athena Care Homes is celebrating after a recruitment open day saw its Avocet Court Care Home in Ipswich make 15 job offers in a single day.

An innovative project run by leisure centres in Barnet, London, is reaching out to care home residents who might be reluctant to participate in physical activity.

Premium Care Group is transforming Weald Hall Care Home in Epping, Essex, having taken over the home last year.

A framework commissioned and funded by Skills for Care has been published to support social care workers in providing care to older LGBTQ+ people.

Construction has begun on a brand new Care UK care home in the town of Yate in South Gloucestershire.

Parkside House Care Home in Penarth, Wales, has been sold following a confidential process managed by specialist business property adviser Christie & Co.

Luxury provider Oakland Care has been presented with a Green World Environment Award by the world-renowned Green Organisation.

Treetops Residential Home in Margate has been purchased by the owners of a Broadstairs home.

A topping out ceremony has been held for Housing 21’s new, all-electric extra care scheme in Telford.

Luxury care home developer and operator Hamberley Care Homes has opened Alston House in Eastleigh, Hampshire.

An extension at Housing 21’s Diamond Court extra care scheme has been completed, providing 20 new homes in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset.

A topping out ceremony has been held for Avery Healthcare’s new £8m care home in Braintree, Essex.

Provider BN Care has embarked upon a five-year expansion after a significant investment from capital investor BGF.

Not-for-profit provider Anchor has buried a time capsule at the site of its new care home, Skelton Court, in North Yorkshire.