RECENT NEWS
ADASS lays stepping stones for reform path
The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has set out a nine-point plan for reform of social care.- News
Portsmouth plans for Navy veterans found shipshape
Plans by the Royal Naval Benevolent Trust (RNBT) for a 66-bed care home for veterans have been approved by Portsmouth City Council.- News
M4D Radio is a hit with 30,000 listeners in first month
The internet radio station for people living with dementia and their carers launched by the Music for Dementia charity has notched over 30,000 listeners since launching last month.- News
Mears signs £150m Cornwall extra care deal
Mears has entered into a partnership with Cornwall Council to provide 750 extra care homes in a deal worth £150m.- News
Care UK poised for nose around Parsons Grange
Care UK is preparing to open its completed 68-bed care home in Shinfield near Reading.- News
Care home visits set to return as government publishes guidance
Care home residents are set to be reunited with friends and family as visits begin again in England following the publication of long-awaited guidance by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).- News
Advinia turns up green heat with ground pumps
Advinia Health Care is to install green heating systems in multiple care homes in an effort to reduce its carbon footprint.- News
NCF: mandatory insurance ‘best way’ for care funding reform
Mandatory social care insurance appears to be the best option for long-term funding reform, according to the National Care Forum (NCF).- News
Care England: need for merger is ‘complete myth'
Care England has scotched suggestions that social care organisations should merge to strengthen lobbying efforts for post-Covid sector reform.- News
McCarthy and Stone builds £100m land acquisition fund
Retirement living developer McCarthy and Stone has launched a £100m land acquisition fund as it seeks to redevelop sites occupied by residential care homes, GP surgeries and other medical premises.- News
Scots give nod to care home in Aberdeen hotel grounds
The Scottish government has given the green light to plans by Meallmore to build a 65-bed care home in the grounds of a hotel in Aberdeen.- News
Hampshire Council goes back to the future with ‘cobot’ trial
Hampshire County Council has become the first UK local authority to trial so-called cobots – robotic lower back harnesses - in the UK care sector.- News
Merged care organisations ‘would speak more loudly’
Social care organisations like Care England, the National Care Association (NCA), United Kingdom Homecare Association (UKHCA) and the National Care Forum (NCF) should merge to strengthen lobbying efforts, according to Independent Care Group (ICG).- News
All's well for Berkley Care plans in Stratford-upon-Avon
Berkley Care has won the right to build a 95-bed care home in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire.- News
Top care civil servant quits unexpectedly
The director-general for adult social care at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has stepped down from her job in a surprise move.- News
New Care snaps up Salford site for 71-bed home
Care home operator New Care has acquired a one-acre site near Salford with a view to building a consented 71-bed facility.- News
Greensleeves tunes up for Ipswich opening
London provider Greensleeves Care is close to completion of its Henley House 66-bed residential and dementia care home in Ipswich.- News
University to sample music therapy impact on care residents
Middlesex University researchers are to study the impact of music therapy on elderly people who live in care homes and are suffering from cognitive decline.- News
‘Unique’ Aberdeen retirement village plans filed
A planning application to develop a retirement community consisting of around 60 dwellings and 20-bed nursing home has been filed with Aberdeen City Council.- News
Lords committee: social care sector needs £8bn now
The House of Lords economic affairs committee has written to Care Minister Helen Whately urging the government to provide £8bn of immediate funding to improve care quality.- News
