RECENT NEWS

Orkney Islands Council (OIC) is inviting tenders for the contract to build a new 40-bed care facility in Kirkwall to replace St Rognvald House.

Oakland Care has launched new menus in collaboration with Michelin-starred chef Tim Allen to be rolled out across each of its six care homes in southern England.

Tech outfit Alcove, management consultancy Rethink Partners and monitoring service Provide CIC have been awarded the contract to deliver Suffolk County Council’s innovative care technology service over the next three years.

Hallmark Care Homes has promoted its regional director for England, Aneurin Brown, to group operations director.

The government has officially dropped plans to introduce legislation to restrict the movement of staff between care settings in England.

A third of UK jobseekers would consider working in social care after the Covid pandemic raised public perception of the sector, according to research by Totaljobs and the Work Foundation.

Law firms are urging Scottish ministers to set up a compensation scheme for bereaved families who lost loved ones in care homes due to Covid-19 after Holyrood admitted mistakes, according to newspaper reports.

Covid-related resident deaths in Scottish care homes with more than 80 beds were more than six times higher than in properties with up to 20 beds, according to official figures.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) will move away from a set schedule of care home inspections to a more flexible, targeted approach as part of its new regulatory strategy.

A joint venture between later living developer Amicala and real estate investor FORE Partnership has acquired a five-acre development site in Bristol to build a net zero extra care scheme.

Former chief advisor to the Prime Minister Dominic Cummings has claimed Boris Johnson was misled by Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Covid testing of discharged hospital patients to care homes.

Anavo, in partnership with Liberty Care Developments, has secured planning permission to build three care homes in West Sussex, Cheshire and Staffordshire.

Cinnamon Care Collection has celebrated the official opening of its luxury care home in New Milton in south-west Hampshire.

Care home resident deaths involving Covid-19 in England and Wales have risen for the first time since January, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data.

The Welsh government-owned Development Bank of Wales has provided a £750,000 loan to enable the acquisition of a Valleys care home.

A closed care home in Ipswich has been sold for redevelopment to South Coast Care Homes for £1.3m.

Barchester Healthcare has cut the ribbon on the marketing suite at its Florence Court in Hampshire’s Titchfield Common ahead of the full opening of the care home later this summer.

Retirement village developer Audley and BlackRock Real Assets have joined together to form a multi-site joint venture with a £500m gross development value.

A host of celebrities have backed the Alzheimer’s Society’s call to rebuild the social care system for everyone affected by dementia.

The trustees of Hallmark Care Homes Foundation have appointed Stephen Burke as the charity’s first chief executive.