RECENT NEWS

In the run up to Christmas, staff and residents at Banstead-based maritime charity, The Royal Seafarers’ Society, enjoyed a visit from therapy animals Dotty and Blossom.

Social care could pass the point of no return in 2018 unless the Government orders emergency action to support the sector ahead of any reforms arising from its promised green paper.

Residents at a Barrhead care home have travelled across Europe, sampling the local cuisine and cultures, without even packing a suitcase.

A 96-year-old Glaswegian has just published his first novel – which centres on a fight between South American drug barons.

Research by carehome.co.uk has revealed that more than three quarters (81 per cent) of the 74,000 reviews of UK care homes on the site have a top rating (five) for residents being ‘treated with dignity’.

​Students from a Glasgow theatre school recently teamed up with a local Bearsden care home to create a unique, musical performance inspired by residents’ memories.

Maria Ball, chief executive of Quantum Care, has become the new chair of the National Care Forum (NCF).

Abbotswood Court Care Home has hosted The Mountbatten School's Business Patrons' Club, enabling the school to continue building its relationships with local businesses.

Award winning care provider, Hallmark Care Homes, has acquired Ty Porth, a former Embrace Group care home in Rhondda Cynon Taf.

The revolutionary WHILL powerchair from TGA Mobility has been highly commended within the Best Product Category at The BHTA Annual Awards Dinner.

The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by Highwell House Care Home with Nursing to be 'outstanding' following an inspection in July.

Theresa May took time out of her busy schedule to help one of her constituents to celebrate a very special birthday.

A care home manager from Greenock is celebrating after being named the joint winner of a prestigious nursing leadership award.

A green fingered Blackwood tenant is celebrating after winning the housing and care provider’s ‘Best Garden’ award.

The NACC Care Chef of the Year 2018 competition is now officially open for entries; the National Association of Care Catering’s (NACC) prestigious culinary competition seeks out the nation’s best chef working in the care sector.

The Ocean Hotel in the popular seaside town of Sandown, Isle of Wight, has been sold has been acquired by The Care Home Group Limited.

The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by Crescent Nursing Home in Bedfordshire to be 'outstanding' following an inspection in September.

The CareTech Charitable Foundation, the first independent grant-making charitable corporate foundation in the care sector, has appointed its first CEO.

BES Rehab Ltd, a Bristol based healthcare company, has raised £100,000 for the purpose of reaching directly the families of those affected by dementia and learning difficulties in the UK.

Southmoor Lodge, part of Jasmine Healthcare, has invested in the latest nurse call technology from Medicare Systems for the much improved South Moor Lodge Care Home in Walkeringham.