Care home deals roundup
Boutique Care Homes has grown its presence in Kent after acquiring Connors House in Canterbury.
The off-market acquisition, completed in partnership with Rapport Housing & Care, will see Connors House redeveloped to feature 78 bedrooms across two storeys and create over 80 full-time jobs. The facility will offer amenities, including...
Chair of older people’s housing taskforce outlines proposals under review
An overarching regulatory framework related to consumer protection for older people’s retirement housing is one of the interim recommendations under review by a taskforce.
The framework could include a ‘high-level’ national statement of expectations on standards that should apply to the older people’s housing market.
It was one of five interim...
Birchgrove expands footprint with £36m Mill Hill development
Birchgrove has strengthened its London footprint with the acquisition of its ninth development.
The 60-apartment community in Mill Hill, which has been built on the site of a former medical research institute, provides self-contained, one, two and three-bed homes.
Ayrton House, which has views of Totteridge Common, provides a restaurant, club...
Exemplar starts construction on £6.9m setting as it ratchets up growth plans
Exemplar Health Care has started construction of a £6.9m care home in Padiham, Lancashire.
Contractor Triton Construction is leading the development, with Watson Batty Architects designing the home. Designs have looked at how best to maximise natural light and have had input from Exemplar’s service user council, a group of residents living in existing homes.
Once built, Wytham Lodge will support adults living with acquired brain injuries, complex mental health needs, and physical disabilities, providing long-term community care to those who would otherwise have a pro-longed stay in hospital.
The home will...
Annual charity bike ride raises over £15,000 for seriously ill children
Carter Schwartz has raised £15,750 from its charity cycle event for Spread a Smile, which supports seriously ill children and their families during long hospital stays.
This year, Carter Schwartz relaunched its annual cycle ride as The Big 100, giving participants the choice to ride either 100km or 100 miles through The Chilterns.
The company’s founder and managing partner Adam Carter said: ‘A record breaking cycle challenge – 47 riders, our largest group yet, raising an enormous £15k-plus for the amazing Spread A Smile…Fantastic generosity in these pressing of times. I’m...
Optegra opens York clinic
Eye care specialist Optegra has opened a new clinic in York.
Based on the York Business Park, the new Optegra Eye Clinic York is dedicated to NHS cataract patients and will offer waiting times of just six weeks.
‘We are eager to support the NHS as ophthalmology is the second largest waiting list...
The Harborne Hospital reaches practical completion
HCA Healthcare’s new The Harborne Hospital in Birmingham has reached practical completion.
The £100m facility is due to open for patients in January and will feature four theatres, 44 inpatient beds and six ICU beds. Developed in partnership with University...
Visit Health opens flagship London clinic
Clinical home healthcare provider Visit Health is opening its first physical site in London.
The company’s flagship clinic in Kensington opens its doors to patients next week and will offer a range of primary care services, advanced diagnostics and treatments, including walk-in appointments with GPs and nurses, urgent care, mental health, physiotherapy and on-demand access to specialist consultants.
Developed in collaboration...
Cygnet fined in record penalty from CQC prosecution
Cygnet Health Care has been fined over £1.5m in a criminal prosecution brought by the CQC over the death of a young woman at its Ealing hospital in 2019.
It is the largest fine to date imposed on a mental health service following a CQC prosecution.
Cygnet pleaded guilty to one offence of failing to provide safe care and treatment contrary...
Bridge Clinic London expands clinical team
Fertility specialist Bridge Clinic London has appointed Dr Ewa Goncikowska to its clinical team.
Goncikowska, a highly experienced specialist in reproductive medicine, brings over 20 years of expertise to the clinic, which...
Annual charity bike ride raises over £15,000 for seriously ill children
Carter Schwartz has raised £15,750 from its charity cycle event for Spread a Smile, which supports seriously ill children and their families during long hospital stays.
This year, Carter Schwartz...
Kooth growth story continues as it targets ‘significant’ US opportunities
Digital mental health platform Kooth Plc has announced revenue growth of 29% in H1 2023 and said it is confident of delivering full year revenue in line with revised guidance of no...
Financing round-up: Acesion Pharma, AIRNA, Qihan Biotech, SeaBeLife
France: SeaBeLife, a biotech company developing drug candidates intended to block cell necrosis, has raised €1.2m (US$1.27m) in additional seed funding from the iXLife fund and business angel networks. These have contributed to the company’s financing in the past and include Breizh Angels, Angels Santé, WeLike and BAdGE. This...
UAE: KBBO Group gains court approval for restructuring
KBBO Group has gained court approval to be restructured under the UAE Bankruptcy Law. Deloitte’s Turnaround and Restructuring team submitted the plan following it receiving approval from the majority of KBBO creditors.
The restructuring is the largest successful onshore bankruptcy case under the jurisdiction of the UAE Bankruptcy Law, which was introduced in late 2016. It includes 29 corporate applicants and two shareholders, and will be implemented in order to maximize the return for all of the creditors with AED7bn (US$1.91bn) to AED12bn of claims, including multiple complex cross guarantee...
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