RECENT NEWS

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is to revoke regulations making Covid vaccination a condition of deployment in health and social care settings on Tuesday 15 March.

Covid was involved in nearly a quarter of all care home resident deaths in England during the first wave of the pandemic, according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Highwood Group has started construction of a £10m, 64-bed specialist dementia care home near Littlehampton in West Sussex for Healthcare Management Trust (HMT).

Walter Thompson Contractors is to build Exemplar Health Care’s £4.7m Tees Grange care home in Stockton-on-Tees.

20/30 Labs has taken the wraps off its Covid infection control trial through the analysis of wastewater at Avery Healthcare residential care homes.

Sanders Senior Living has launched a resident-run shop that will be open daily at its Claridge Place near Solihull in the West Midlands.

Care England and Age UK have urged the government to fund free Covid tests for care home visitors beyond 1 April.

Care provider Nellsar has launched a dietary campaign to boost the physical and mental health of staff to coincide with You Can Care Week, a nationwide initiative that shines a spotlight on social care workers.

ROAR B2B has opened registrations for UK Care Week in July at the Birmingham NEC.

MPs have confirmed the appointment of Ian Dilks as the new chairman of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following his appearance before the health and social care committee.

Kent County Council is to bring together a panel of experts to discuss the future of adult social care in the first ever Kent Care Summit on 2 March.

The UK is around 20 years behind the US in the development of integrated retirement communities (IRC) but has considerable scope for growth, according to estate agents Savills.

Abel Homes has secured planning permission to build a 64-bed care home and 40 extra care dwellings as part of a wider housing development in Swaffham in western Norfolk.

Loveday & Co will welcome its first residents to its new dementia care home in Kensington next month.

Mulberry Care has been ordered to pay £51,049.60 at Reading Magistrates’ Court after it failed to protect a resident from avoidable harm.

An Essex care home has undergone a refurbishment to maintain and update the home in order for them to provide the best care possible for residents.

PGIM Real Estate has bought six care homes from Legal & General Investment Management in a deal worth £70.2m.

Belgian healthcare REIT Aedifica is to invest £13m in a care home in Market Drayton, Shropshire to be operated by Maria Mallaband Care Group.

Social care professionals thinking about a career change are being invited to find out if care consultancy could be a good fit.

Scottish Borders Council has taken a step closer to building a £14m Dutch-inspired dementia care home near Galashiels.