RECENT NEWS

Pipework system installed in luxury Woking home

A new luxury care home being constructed in Woking is utilising Durapipe HTA pipework for the domestic hot and cold water services.

Improving quality of life through design and function

Geberit Sigma and Geberit Omega frames and flush plates have added style and functionality to the washrooms at Bentley House, an award winning care home in Hertfordshire.

Coveted award nomination for care provider

One of the country’s most innovative care providers is celebrating after being recognised at the highest possible level with a nomination for a prestigious award.

Bio-Rite extends infection control services

Infection control company, Bio-Rite, has announced it has extended its services to Scotland; Simon Grey and Graeme Sim who run Bio-Rite for Scotland now offer a range of decontamination services to hospitals and care homes throughout the region.

Fine for 'depressing' and 'unsafe' home

A care provider that failed in its duty to provide safe care and treatment has been ordered to pay £82,429.72 in fines and costs by Liverpool Magistrates’ Court.

Merseyside Care Home Fined

A care provider which had failed repeatedly to comply with national standards, relating to the assessment and monitoring of the quality of service they provided, has been issued with a fine totalling £4,000 by the Care Quality Commission

Kindred Care purchases Hampshire home

Greenbanks Nursing Home in Liphook, Hampshire, has been purchased by care provider Kindred Care, which operates throughout the south east of England.

Former London care home to be refurbished

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co has brokered the letting of the former Dowe House care home in Blackheath, London on behalf of Merchant Taylors’ Consolidated Charities for the Infirm.

Provider brings prosecution against care home owner

A care provider that has failed in its duty to provide safe care and treatment, will appear before Liverpool Magistrates’ Court, on Monday 6 March at 2pm following guilty pleas to 14 offences.

Sale of Leicester care home complete

Specialist business transfer agent DC Care has completed the sale of Clarendon Mews Care Limited, which includes Clarendon Mews care home, in the centre of Leicester for an undisclosed sum.

Home comforts for far flung centenarian

A woman who has spent her life in far-flung places has celebrated her 100th birthday at a Dundee retirement housing development.

Designing for home comfort in Poole

When Primetower Care wanted the interior of its latest 68 bed new build care home, The Lindsay, to look more homely with a sympathetic nod to its architectural style, Shackletons and HomeSmiths interior design collaborated to create it.

Mobile decontamination unit drives down infection

Infection control company and franchisor Bio-Rite is driving down infection with its mobile decontamination units.

Edinburgh tenants to test wheelchair design

Tenants at a housing development in the capital are to be among the first to try out and provide invaluable feedback on a pioneering new wheelchair.

New management team for Sussex Housing & Care

Sussex Housing & Care have a new all women senior management team headed up by Tracy Evans as chief executive.

Hampshire nursing home sold

Greenbanks Nursing Home located in Liphook, Hampshire has been sold for an undisclosed sum by specialist healthcare business agents DC Care.

Dementia friendly design device launched

A virtual reality device that will help architects and designers create dementia friendly buildings and spaces by understanding how dementia can affect a person’s vision has been launched.

Bield takes steps to improve access

A £200,000 investment will see a Berwickshire retirement housing development boost the independence of tenants and improve accessibility.

Recruitment tool reaches user milestone

An innovative recruitment screening system, which has reached its 1000th user milestone, is helping to increase staff retention rates for health and social care organisations across the UK.

Charity unveils innovative new housing

The construction of six pioneering homes set to transform the lives of those with disabilities is well underway in Dundee.

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