RECENT NEWS

Rinnai is set to launch its H3 range of products consisting of hydrogen blends-ready water heating systems in hybrid versions and a comprehensive selection of heat pumps specifically designed for commercial use.

The Orders of St John Care Trust (OSJCT) chief executive Dan Hayes has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s 2022 New Year’s Honours for his services to the social care sector.

The government is providing an additional £60m to local authorities to support the adult social care response to Covid-19 in January.

Social care staff are to be eligible for the Health and Care Worker visa for a minimum of 12 months from early next year under plans by the Home Office to ease pandemic pressures.

Impact Healthcare REIT has acquired a pair of care homes in Northern Ireland and one in Scotland for a combined cost of £14.3m.

A Care UK dementia care professional has recognised with a prestigious national award.

Holmes Care Group has acquired 12 new care homes from Kingdom Homes, a care provider based in Fife in a deal worth up to £40m.

Care provider Hallmark Care Homes has promoted Martin Murphy from regional operations manager to operations director.

Care home staff are being urged to get a booster jab after a new study found they significantly reduce the risk of severe Covid-19 infections in residents.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has updated its regulatory approach to help create more capacity in adult social care as it faces pressure from Covid this winter.

A Care England poll has found more than 95 per cent of its members are still struggling to recruit staff despite government support.

Social care staff will receive the Real Living Wage in Wales as part of a package to support the sector, deputy minister for social services Julie Morgan has announced.

Signature Senior Lifestyle is to give staff up to 10 days of extra paid leave a year as part of the care home provider’s ‘Wake Up To Better Benefits’ campaign.

Ashill Land and McCarthy Stone has secured planning approval from Woking Borough Council Retirement Living PLUS (Extra Care) development for those aged over 70.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced ‘record funding’ to help local authorities in England offer a fairer cost of care to providers.

JMW Solicitors has advised Grafton Land and Property on the sale of an Oxfordshire site, which will see the development of a new specialist care home.

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has recommended the government makes immediate changes to the immigration system due to the post-Brexit impact on the adult social care sector.

Ideal Carehomes has opened its £12m Cadley Hill View care home in Swadlincote, Derbyshire.

Target Healthcare REIT has completed the acquisition of 18 operational care homes as part of a £173m spending spree in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Skills for Care is reflecting on the past year with its2021 highlights campaign looking back at their key launches and activity through the year, as well as sharing good news stories from the sector during what has remained a challenging year for the