RECENT NEWS

Roar B2B, the organiser of the Dementia, Care and Nursing Home Expo, has confirmed the event will return on 15-16 September at Birmingham NEC.

e-foods has secured a three-year catering services contract with Care UK to help deliver menus for the provider’s more than 7,000 residents in over 100 care homes.

Senior living developer Charterpoint has handed over its latest care home development after the completion of Fosse Way View in Bingham, Nottinghamshire.

A report by the Access Social Care charity has found demand for social care needs assessment advice has risen by 110 per cent in the past two years.

Scottish Care has appointed utilities broker Focus Business Consultancy as preferred supplier to the representative body for two years.

The UK government is extending ‘years of neglect and disappointment’ by failing to set out plans for social care reform in the Queen’s speech, according to Care England.

Care home residents will be able to have five named visitors and self-isolation will no longer be required following visits to GPs, dentists and day centres from 17 May.

Australian architecture firm Marchese Partners is rebranding to Life3A in the UK and Europe in a strategic move that will focus on a more holistic approach to designing and delivering solutions for the third age.

Ideal Carehomes has been fined £140,000 and ordered to pay nearly £15,000 in costs by Nottingham Magistrates Court for failing to protect a resident from an attack in 2017.

Cinnamon Care Collection has acquired a development site with planning consent for an 81-bedroom care home in Worthing, West Sussex.

The National Care Forum (NCF) has urged the government to take a “once in a generation” opportunity to undertake fundamental reform of social care to ensure it is fit for the future.

Analysis by healthcare charity the King’s Fund has found 120,000 more people requested social care support but around 14,000 fewer people received it in the five years up to 2020.

Deborah Sturdy, the chief nurse for adult social care in England, has urged the sector to participate in the government’s consultation on mandatory staff Covid jab proposals.

A London School of Economics-led commission has called on the government to introduce a Dilnot-style cap on care costs of £75,000.

Senior living specialist Charterpoint has secured planning permission for a 73-bed residential care home in Thurnby, Leicestershire.

A parliamentary inquiry has called on the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to implement robust processes on data collection and monitoring of care home visits by the end of May after it found many providers are not following government guidance.

Care home meals provider apetito has appointed an award-winning chef to work on the development of its menus for residents.

Knight Frank has been appointed as exclusive residential care home property adviser to Anchor Hanover, the largest provider of specialist housing and care for older people in England.

Social care consultancy Quality Compliance Systems (QCS) is to offer an enhanced legal advice service to its clients via Napthens Solicitors.

Care residents are today able to participate in more out-of-home visits without having to isolate on their return under new government guidance.