RECENT NEWS
Person Centred Software appoints new CEO
Person Centred Software, providers of the UK’s most widely used digital care and electronic medication systems, has announced the appointment of Andrew Coles as CEO.
apetito freezes out the competition at British Frozen Food Awards
Social care food supplier apetito has won three awards at the British Frozen Food Federation People Awards.
Fifty Places for People announced for New Milton
Places for People Living Plus is developing 50 extra care homes for people over 55 in New Milton, Hampshire.
Fulcrum and Say So form partnership
Fulcrum Care and social care safeguarding specialists Say So have joined forces in a brand-new partnership.
Swansea care home sold after 30-year ownership
Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has announced the sale of Fairleigh House care home in Swansea, South Wales.
Awareness week encourages care providers to be #GladtoCare
GladtoCare Awareness Week is championing and celebrating the UK care sector for a third consecutive year.
Blythe Rose unfurls for its first resident
Blythe Rose, a brand new dementia home in Blythe Valley Park, Solihull, has officially opened its doors to welcome its first resident.
Log my Care finds social care workers ‘predominantly happy in their role’
Log my Care has revealed the promising results of its new research, which found that only four per cent of respondents want to leave the care sector.
Care UK fined £1.5m for failures that led to resident choking to death
Care UK Community Partnerships has been fined £1.5m at Crawley Magistrates’ Court after one of its residents choked to death at Mill View care home, East Grinstead.
Alzheimer’s Society presents new Dementia Connect service at Braywood Gardens
Braywood Gardens care home in Nottingham, part of the Runwood Homes group, recently showcased the Alzheimer’s Society’s dementia support service.
Christie & Co secure sale of Nuneaton site to LNT Care
LNT Care has purchased a site with the benefit of planning consent for a care home in the market town of Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
Downing LLP agrees £7.6m care home funding for Country Court
Leading healthcare investor Downing LLP has agreed a £7.6m funding facility to support residential care operator Country Court.
Triton Construction now at Liberty to deliver two new care homes
Liberty Care Developments has contracted Triton Construction to build two new £8m care homes.
Clegg Construction to build new Peterborough home for Avery Healthcare
Avery Healthcare has partnered with Clegg Construction to build a high-quality care home in Peterborough, in a contract worth £10m.
NCF dismisses independent review of health and adult social care leadership
Vic Rayner OBE of the National Care Forum has concluded that General Sir Gordon Messenger and Dame Linda Pollard’s new report contains ‘nothing of substance’ for social care leaders.
Music for Dementia celebrates the power of music this Carers Week
As part of Carers Week 2022 - taking place between 6-12 June - the Music for Dementia campaign is celebrating the transformative power of music for caregivers.
Virtual biking tech breaks cycle of low physical activity and depression
A new study has found that virtual cycling technology increases physical activity and reduces pain, anxiety, and depression in elderly people living in care homes.
New chief executive Sarah Jones ready to raise Anchor
England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for older people, Anchor Hanover Group, has announced the appointment of Sarah Jones as its new chief executive.
CareHomeLife makes carbon neutral pledge
Care home supplier CareHomeLife has announced its commitment to making its operations carbon neutral.
Hallmark’s Avnish Goyal receives CBE
Avnish Goyal, chair of Care England and founder of Hallmark Care Homes, has received a CBE in the Queen’s birthday honour’s list for his services to social care and philanthropy.
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