RECENT NEWS
Care industry welcomes temporary zero VAT rate on PPE
The UK government has removed VAT on the purchase by businesses and individuals of personal protective equipment (PPE) for three months amid the Covid-19 pandemic.- News
Care provider survey says ‘we’re worried for future’ amid Covid crisis
Care providers fear for their own organisations’ future survival as they fight to help older and vulnerable people during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey by the Independent Care Group (ICG) trade body.- News
Nottingham home sees all Covid patients make full recovery
A Nottingham care home has successfully managed to contain a Covid outbreak and save lives thanks to the hard work of staff.- News
Alzheimer’s Society survey quizzes care home Covid challenges
The Alzheimer’s Society is asking care home managers and other workers to complete a short survey to find out the challenges they face in dealing with the Covid-19 crisis.- News
Sanders Senior Living gets planning nod for Worcester home
Sanders Senior Living has won planning permission to build a 77-bed care home in Worcester expected to be open for residents by summer 2021.- News
Inspired moves for 200-bed development site acquisition
Legal & General later living business Inspired Villages has acquired a 12-acre site in Bedfordshire with planning permission for a 200-bed development.- News
Pan-Northern £3.4m data initiative to monitor care residents
A group of healthcare workers and scientists across the North of England have been awarded £3.4m for a health data programme that will initially focus on improving monitoring of residents in care homes amid the Covid-19 pandemic.- News
Charterpoint gets green light to plot Lincolnshire development
Planning permission has been granted for a care home on a Lincolnshire development that forms part of a wider residential scheme delivered by Charterpoint Group.- News
Labour letter to Hancock calls for ‘Chief Care Officer’
Labour has called for the UK government to create a ‘Chief Care Officer’ position in a letter to Health Secretary Matt Hancock that sets out six action points to address the growing Covid-19 crisis faced by social care.- News
Sirenum launches care home staff management app
Cloud-based software provider Sirenum has built a free app specifically to help care homes manage staff during the Covid-19 crisis.- News
Care death figures ‘likely to be higher’ as official data reveals grim toll
Care providers warned fresh Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Office for National Statistics data showing the number of deaths in care and nursing homes from Covid-19 could be below the true figure.- News
National Care Forum calls for greater access to GPs
Care homes urgently need more input from GPs and other community clinical leaders to ensure front line managers can cope during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the National Care Forum (NCF).- News
Swish deep cleans nursing home for free
Contract cleaners Swish Clean has completed a decontamination programme free of charge for a nursing home in South Gloucestershire amid the Covid-19 crisis.- News
Care England: Emergency funding ‘only going to providers accepting Covid patients’
Representative body Care England has called for urgent action after receiving member feedback that some local authorities are requiring providers to accept Covid-19 positive individuals to receive emergency government funding.- News
ICG warns care providers may collapse without more funding
Trade body Independent Care Group (ICG) has warned social care providers may go bust in the coming weeks unless the UK government steps up funding for local authorities to tackle Covid-19.- News
Beautiful South stars’ carer concert to make October a perfect ten
Beautiful South stars Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott are to give a special one-off gig in Sheffield this October only available to care workers.- News
Surecert wins race for NHSx care volunteering platform grant
Surecert has beaten off competition from 1,600 other projects to be awarded a UK government grant to develop a digital platform to connect people with care job and volunteering opportunities during Covid-19.- News
Tech team seeks funds for resident hand-held devices
A digital media academic has launched an crowdfunding initiative to provide hand-held digital devices to help residents living in care home isolation communicate with their loved ones.- News
Constantia Healthcare owner acquires Blackburn nursing home
Constantia Healthcare director Anthony Massouras has acquired the Queens Lodge nursing home in the Lancashire town of Blackburn from private owners.- News
Four-fifths of care workers ‘expected to quit’
Four in five social care workers are expected to leave their jobs due to low pay amid the increased risks posed by Covid-19, according to the GMB trade union.- News
