RECENT NEWS

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has announced that Jane Mordue has been appointed as the chair of Healthwatch England (the independent ‘consumer champion’ in health and care) and as a non-executive Board member.

Infection control company and franchisor, Bio-Rite, has announced it is expanding into Yorkshire. Drew Heald and his business partner Darrian Lewis, will now provide Bio-Rite’s comprehensive decontamination services to clients including the NHS and care homes in the region.

WCS Care’s new £10.5 million state-of-the-art specialist dementia care home in Kenilworth played host to the Rt Hon Norman Lamb MP, as part of his whistle-stop visit around Warwickshire.

A luxury care home for older people has been rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Four daring staff members from a Linlithgow very sheltered housing development have taken a huge leap to raise £1,200 for charity.

Dr Eileen Burns, the new president of the British Geriatrics Society, has called for public recognition that older people facing delays in discharge from hospital are the victims of under funding of social care and not ‘the problem’.

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co has sold Spurfield House in Exminster near Exeter on behalf of Guinness Care & Support.

Across the UK, innovative collaborations between GPs and specialist geriatricians are paving the way to better care for older people with frailty.

MHA has launched a fundraising campaign to support its ground breaking music therapy treatment for people living with dementia.

Yeovil's first luxury care community has opened its doors and is preparing to welcome its new residents.

The Government has betrayed millions of vulnerable older people by failing to address the social care crisis in the Autumn Statement.

Shackletons has completed a turnkey project for Eothen Homes Wallsend development in Newcastle, a groundbreaking model of care in which each person’s quality of life is the over-riding priority.

The first of Season Senior Living’s next generation developments, Protheroe House in Tottenham, was officially opened by Deputy Mayor of London Joanne McCartney on Friday 18 November.

The National Audit Office (NAO) has published its report into the sustainability of the NHS.

A leading social care group is making a last-ditch appeal to the Chancellor to help the care of older and vulnerable adults in this week's Autumn Statement.

Rosebank Care Home celebrated the birthday of Mickey Mouse in true Disney style as it opened its magical doors to family, friends and the community.

Four in five local authorities in the UK report not having enough care for older people in their area, new research from the Family and Childcare Trust reveals.

A Sutton care home has been inspected earlier than planned by the Care Quality Commission after it received concerns about the quality of care, raised by the public, Sutton Council and Sutton Clinical Commissioning Group.

A widespread stigma surrounding care homes is crippling conversations about provision of care in later life and threatening to undermine their value, according to new research from Bupa UK.

Residents of a Glenrothes care home have been paid a special visit by Shetland Pony, Bonny as part of a generous free call from Toppy Star Pony Hire.