RECENT NEWS

With the general supply of free lateral flow tests ending on 1 April, there are growing calls for the Government to continue to make Covid tests available free of charge to care home visitors.

Specialist property adviser Christie & Co has completed on the sale of Little Brook House care home in South Hampshire.

Residents in Care UK homes across the country have been taking part in some unusual forms of exercise as part of a seasonal get fit campaign featuring The Green Goddess.

Porthaven Care Homes' Haddon Hall home in Buxton, Derbyshire “requires improvement” according to the Care Quality Commission.

An existing building in Kilnhurst, South Yorkshire is being treated to a £2.3m refurbishment by Exemplar Health Care.

Calls for a change in the law to give care home residents the legal right to unrestricted visits from a care giver have been dashed by the government.

Developer Peveril Securities and Charterpoint have sold their Beeston care home development site to Tanglewood Care Services.

Proving that everybody has a part to play in times of crisis, UK care homes are opening their doors and offering emergency accommodation to refugees arriving from besieged Ukraine.

A Cumbrian care home has been left reeling after a CQC inspection found that the facility 'requires improvement'.

With 29 March fast approaching, the Future of Care Conference will once again be highlighting key trends, challenges and calls-to-action to leaders from across the care sector.

A government-proposed amendment to the Health and Care Bill that would have included local authority contributions in the social care cost cap has been defeated in the House of Lords.

The Scottish government has launched a consultation on a Health and Social Care Strategy for Older People.

Quantum Care is on track to open in October its 72-bed Oakmoor Lodge care home in Bushey, Hertfordshire.

Hallmark Care Homes has conducted a topping out ceremony for its new 80-bed care home in Bath, Somerset.

Care home developer Torsion Care has unveiled plans for a 72-bed scheme in York.

S.A.C. Construction has kicked off construction of a 68-bed care home in Thame in Oxfordshire for provider Care UK.

The UK is sleepwalking into a crisis of care for older people due to combination of a rapidly ageing population and a lack of NHS workforce planning, according to the Royal College of Physicians (RCP).

Plans for a 70-bed care home to be operated by Simply UK have been lodged with Shrewsbury Council.

Barclays Eagle Labs is to take a deep dive into the impact of the pandemic and Brexit on the care home industry in an online event on 17 March.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has launched a new online platform for care providers to order free personal protective equipment (PPE) in England.