RECENT NEWS

North Yorkshire County Council has launched a recruitment drive for social care staff after experiencing a sharp fall in the number of people applying for roles in the sector.

Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has called on the government to overhaul how housing with care and support is planned, commissioned, designed and delivered.

Care home developer Urban Village Healthcare has been given outline planning consent to build a 64-bed scheme on the outskirts of Birmingham.

Property management and compliance company Velway has extended its contract with care provider National Care Group into a second year.

A new network of adult social care infection prevention and control (IPC) champions will be launched on 30 November to help maintain and continuously improve standards across the sector.

Derbyshire County Council (DCC) is to consult on plans to close seven care homes run by the local authority that need significant maintenance, renovation and refurbishment.

Scottish Highlands care provider Parklands has secured £20m finance from Triodos Bank for its nine existing homes, as well as a new care home in Inverness.

Cambridgeshire County Council has passed a motion committing the local authority and its partners to seek an alternative from the government’s social care plan in order to “properly fund…current and future demand for vital services”.

The November edition of The Care Home Environment magazine has been published and is available to read online.

The St Andrews House care home in Ashburton, Devon has been sold to a private owner off an asking price of £1,650,000.

OakNorth Bank has completed a £20.2m loan to Park Lane Healthcare to build a care village near Pocklington in East Yorkshire.

Care provider Runwood Homes has signed up its Essex homes to participate in Essex County Council’s Winter Deconditioning Games initiative.

Law firm Royds Withy King has advised on the sale of two specialist dementia care homes for provider Equality Care.

Trade association Care England has published its key asks for social care reform ahead of government publication of a forthcoming white paper.

ROAR B2B, organiser of the Dementia, Care & Nursing Home Expo, has launched the National Care Awareness Survey to raise the profile of carers and increase awareness of the issues facing small care homes.

Skills for Care has launched the ‘Aspirant occupational therapy’ programme to support occupational therapists to progress into senior leadership roles within the sector.

Electrical and digital infrastructure specialist Legrand has launched Legrand Care, a consolidated brand for the assisted living and healthcare market.

Birmingham consultancy QAQF (Quality Assessment and Qualification Framework) has created a ‘boot camp’ to ease the nursing shortage in the social care sector.

Social care compliance services outfit Quality Compliance Systems (QCS) has launched a survey to understand the workforce challenges faced by the sector.

UK care home operators are set to see occupancy rates rise slowly and profits steady as the impacts of the pandemic show promising signs of receding, according to global property adviser Knight Frank.