RECENT NEWS

The government is set to announce its promised plans to reform social care in the Queen’s speech in May, Boris Johnson has told Parliament.

Short-term funding and the lack of a long-term vision has damaged planning, innovation and investment in adult social care, according the National Audit Office (NAO).

Virgin Money is to sponsor The Care Home Environment’s free to attend Future of Dementia Care Design virtual roundtable on 22 April.

Care England is partnering with the University of Birmingham to develop a £15m UK centre for adult social care that aims to put evidence into practice to promote and maintain people’s independence and wellbeing.

Sandstone Care has acquired the recently completed Ribble Court care home near Preston, Lancashire from Scottish property developer Simply.

Care home resident deaths involving Covid-19 in England and Wales fell by 36 per cent on the previous week, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data.

Exemplar Health Care has appointed Jonathan Green as core managing director to oversee the operations of its 32 care homes across England.

Care home operator New Care is on track to achieve practical completion on a new £15m, 71-bed facility near Salford in November.

The Welsh government has published a plan supported by an initial £100m funding to help the health and social care system in Wales recover from the pandemic.

Care home staff in England will be required by law to have a Covid jab in a bid to boost lagging take-up, according to a report.

Belgian healthcare REIT Aedifica is investing a total of £25m in two new build care homes in Northamptonshire.

Midlands operator Macc Care Group has acquired an under-development care home site in Solihull with the assistance of real estate experts Roythornes Solicitors.

The Supreme Court has ruled care providers do not have to pay the national minimum wage to staff for the time that they are asleep but on call during sleep-in shifts.

The UK government has announced a further £341m funding to support adult social care providers.

More than 500 do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) orders were imposed on care home residents without their consent during the Covid pandemic, according to the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

The new season of the Tea With Tobi podcast by social care marketing outfit Smooth Digital has launched featuring an interview with Methodist Homes (MHA) chief executive Sam Monaghan.

Care providers will be left with an estimated £400m bill if the Supreme Court overturns an appeal on social care sleep-in pay, according to law firm Royds Withy King.

A new recruitment consultancy, hirestaff, has been launched with an aim to improve staff retention by care homes.

Leading care home experts will discuss the future of dementia care design at a free to attend virtual roundtable to be hosted next month by The Care Home Environment.

Care home resident deaths involving Covid-19 in England and Wales fell by 27 per cent on the previous week, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data.