RECENT NEWS

Target Healthcare REIT plc has agreed a £15m sale and leaseback deal with Ideal Carehomes for a newly-developed care home in Bicester in Oxfordshire.

The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has backed calls by the leader of NHS England for plans to reform the sector to be place within a year.

The Abbeyfield Society, a charity operating over 400 residential homes for older people nationwide, has partnered with residential development firm Taylor Wimpey, which will see employees at the latter volunteering their time in the former’s homes.

Planning officers have recommended approval for Berkley Care’s proposed 95-bed home in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Wessex Care has become the first provider in the UK to commission an ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light decontamination technology in the fight against the coronavirus.

Berkley Care is to operate a 93-unit care facility in Leamington Spa granted consent by Warwickshire District Council.

Restful Homes has kicked off construction of a £13.5m, 89-bed specialist dementia care home in Cannock.

East Yorkshire provider Yorkare Homes has received £1.25m funding from HSBC to build a new care home in Hornsea, acquire land and support operations throughout the Covid-19 crisis.

Council officials have recommended approval for Avery Healthcare’s plans to develop a 56-bed care home in Northampton.

Care home catering supplier apetito has launched a Covid-secure mobile presentation suite designed to offer socially-distanced food tastings.

The number of deaths involving Covid-19 in care homes in England and Wales has risen to 14,652 - an increase of 254 on the previous week - according to the latest data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Vida Healthcare is on course to open a new £15m dementia care facility in Harrogate in summer 2021 after completing key construction milestones.

A non-league football club has revealed a new strip for the 2020-21 season that marks support for front line social care workers.

Retirement village developer Audley Group has appointed Lisa Thompson as regional care support manager for the South of England.

Councils and developers should be given the tools to build more retirement communities in England, according to a report co-authored by the Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO) and the County Councils Network (CCN).

Labour has proposed a four-stage ‘Care for Carers’ package offering mental health support for all NHS and social care staff in England, including private sector workers.

The NHS is keen to maintain the increased integration between health and social care services beyond the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the NHS Confederation.

A 175-home retirement village in Hornchurch in east London is a step closer to becoming reality after it was approved by Havering Council’s strategic planning committee.

South Yorkshire police have arrested five women as part of an investigation into suspected neglect in a Barnsley care home.

Cornerstone Healthcare has begun work on the Marula Lodge specialist care nursing home near Camberley in Surrey.