RECENT NEWS

Retirement community developer McCarthy Stone is to build 40 new sites in full using modern methods of construction (MMC) that reduce environmental footprint and build time.

Four Seasons Health Care chief executive Jeremy Richardson has resigned his post and is expected to leave the business in April.

The government has confirmed plans for a cross-department task force on housing for older people, including a strong focus on housing with care.

A new fund established by ActivumSG Capital Management has made it first investment by establishing a platform to develop and operate retirement villages in the UK.

WCS Care has won a national construction industry award for its £7.5m Woodside Care Village in Warwick.

The government has come under heavy criticism from the social care sector after announcing regulations making vaccines a condition of deployment for care home staff in England will be revoked.

A Warwickshire based care home has undergone a refurbishment to maintain and update the home in order for them to provide the best care possible for residents.

Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has brought to market Malvern House nursing & residential home in Saltash, Cornwall with an asking price of £1.35m.

Hallmark Care Homes has appointed published academic Dr. Isabelle Latham as its researcher in residence in a pioneering move understood to be a first for the sector.

The government is expected to announce a U-turn on mandatory Covid vaccinations for health and social care workers in England.

Cheshire-based provider New Care is set to complete its £15m care home in the Adel suburb of Leeds in early April.

Property developer Frontier Estates and care operator Barchester Healthcare’s scheme, Snowdrop Place in Botley near Southampton, has been shortlisted in the Best Architectural Design category in the Pinders Healthcare Design Awards 2022.

Software specialist Carebeans has secured a significant six-figure equity Investment for their leading social care management software from Liverpool-based lender MSIF and the Development Bank of Wales.

Care home residents across the nation have been drawing in a crowd with what is claimed to be the world’s biggest ever care home art exhibition.

Construction has completed at dementia care specialists Church Farm Care’s innovative Rusticus home in Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire.

Covid restrictions on care homes in England will be eased from 31 January as Plan B measures are removed nationwide.

Care home occupancy levels are set to recover to pre-pandemic levels in 2022, according to property adviser Knight Frank.

Care homes that rely heavily on agency staff may be two-and-a-half times more likely to spread Covid-19 to their residents, a study has found.

North Yorkshire provider Saint Cecilia’s Care Group has acquired Oakland nursing home in Whitby from Mondial Care, saving it from possible closure.

Social care law firm Royds Withy King is to merge with Goodman Derrick on 1 May and will be known as RWK Goodman LLP.