RECENT NEWS
2buy2 launches PPE procurement service for care sector
Procurement specialist 2buy2 has launched a scheme to help care homes secure PPE, cleaning and hygiene supplies amid the Covid pandemic.- News
Innovate UK presses button on smartphone staff training scheme
Government agency Innovate UK has granted funding to Oxford healthtech outfit Cognitant Group to deliver a smartphone-based training scheme for care home and community care staff.- News
Armighorn Capital takes reins of Aintree home via £2m backing
Birmingham healthcare provider Armighorn Capital has acquired a care home in Aintree, Liverpool, via a £2m funding package provided by Frontier Development Capital.- News
Angela Swift lodges plans for Carlisle nest
Harrogate outfit Angela Swift Developments has filed plans with Carlisle City Council to build a 71-bed care home on the site of a former home that closed last year.- News
Stephensons Solicitors launch care sector webinars
Stephensons Solicitors is to hold the first of 15 care sector webinars on 11 June with a look at the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) new Emergency Support Framework (ESF).- News
Care home Covid death rate continues to decline
The number of deaths involving Covid-19 in care homes in England and Wales has risen to 13,454 – an increase of 721 on the previous week - according to the latest data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).- News
Government creates care sector taskforce to oversee Covid-19 response
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has created a new care taskforce to oversee the government’s response to Covid-19.- News
Charities call for recognition of unpaid carers during Covid crisis
Charities supporting Carers Week have called on the UK government to recognise the role of unpaid carers during the coronavirus crisis.- News
Government claims success over English care home Covid tests
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has claimed it has successfully hit a target to supply Covid-19 test kits to all English care homes by 6 June.- News
Wales extends £500 extra payment to all care workers
The Welsh government has extended its £500 one-off payment to all care workers, including kitchen and domestic staff.- News
Global Care sees bright prospects for Barnsley home
Birmingham provider Global Care has acquired the Prospect House care home in Barnsley following the retirement of the directors.- News
Webinars to share care home interior design insight
Assistive care equipment manufacturer Accora will this month host free webinars on care home interior design led by HomeSmiths managing director Jacqui Smith.- News
Hancock threatened with legal action over “protective ring” claim
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has been threatened with legal action over his claim the government threw a “protective ring” around care homes by the daughter of a man who died from Covid-19, according to media reports.- News
National Care Force hits target with £50k grant
National Care Force, a volunteering platform for social care set up during the Covid-19 pandemic, has received a £50,000 grant from the UK government’s Innovate UK fund.- News
McCarthy & Stone stepping forward with Harrogate scheme
Retirement living developer McCarthy & Stone has won consent to build a 52-apartment extra care facility at an existing care home site in Harrogate in North Yorkshire.- News
Housing 21 unwraps Fry Court extra care scheme in Yorkshire
Not for profit provider of retirement housing Housing 21 has completed construction of the Fry Court extra care developer in the North Yorkshire village of Great Ayton.- News
25,000 patients discharged into care homes at early stages of pandemic
More than 25,000 hospital patients were moved into care homes prior to guidance requiring patients to have a Covid-19 test before discharge.- News
Crown Care plans for Chesterfield home granted seal of approval
Crown Care has won the right to develop a 64-bed care home on the site of a former public house in the Derbyshire town of Chesterfield.- News
Audley Group appoints topchef for Danish joint venture
Retirement village developer Audley Group has appointed Mikala Kreiser as chief executive of its new Danish joint venture with pension company PFA.- News
England & Wales care home Covid deaths down by a third
The number of deaths involving Covid-19 in care homes in England and Wales has risen to 12,733, according to the latest weekly data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).- News
