RECENT NEWS

Healthcare Homes Group, which provides residential and domiciliary care services across the South and East of England, has relocated its central management and operations teams to new premises in Colchester.

The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by Jubilee House in Woodbridge, Suffolk, to be 'outstanding' overall following an inspection in April.

An Edinburgh-based housing and care provider has further strengthened its development team with the promotion of an experienced staff member to the role of development manager.

Canopies by Armstrong Ceiling Solutions have been specified for new look common areas in a Royal Masonic Benevolent Care home.

Charity and housing association Brunelcare has appointed Karen Taylor as its new finance director; Karen most recently worked for an NHS Trust and has seven years’ experience with a South West based housing association.

Staff and residents at a Bampton based care home were joined by the Chairman of West Oxfordshire District Council for the unveiling of its Memory Lane dementia corridor.

Banstead-based maritime charity, the Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, has raised nearly £4,000 in support of the charity Seafarers UK by completing the annual 24 Peaks Challenge.

The speaker line up has now been finalised for the Care England conference and exhibition, Shaping Tomorrow, which will take place at Church House, Westminster, on Thursday 16 November.

WCS Care has been announced as a finalist in the Charity Times Awards which celebrate best practice in the UK charity and not-for-profit sector.

New figures released by care home reviews website carehome.co.uk have revealed that half (49 per cent) of care home staff say care homes are protecting their residents by banning smoking inside the building.

It has never been more important to recruit effectively in the care sector, says care home specialist Caresolve; according to James Parkin, co-founder and operations director, many care homes find it difficult to find – and keep - high quality staff.

Paul Burstow – social policy expert and former minister of state for social care - has been appointed as chair of the national improvement agency and independent charity, the Social Care Institute for Excellence.

Green-fingered tenants at a West Lothian retirement development have been given the welcome addition of a new herb garden.

A beautiful outdoor sculpture, commissioned by Care UK from a talented local artist, has been unveiled at a care home in Bury St Edmunds.

The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by The Foundation of Lady Katherine Leveson in Knowle, Solihull, to be 'outstanding' overall following an inspection in May.

Three members of staff at the Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society’s Banstead nursing care home have been presented with 10 year, long service awards.

Social care providers have told a leading sector regulator that they are committed to driving up standards but are being hampered by funding shortages and the ability to recruit nursing and care staff.

Mira Showers has become a brand partner of charity: water as part of its ongoing community-centred approach to charity engagement.

Healthcare provision to residents in care homes across England is often ‘erratic and inequitable’, a major three year study led by the University of Hertfordshire and funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), has found.

A Glenrothes Care Home has celebrated the opening of its dementia friendly garden with a traditional summer fete.