The future is exciting for those who provide quality

In a speech to the Laing & Buisson annual long-term care conference recently, the chief executive of Four Seasons Health Care, Tony Heywood, highlighted...

Four Seasons increases in-house training commitment

Four Seasons Health Care is to bring all training for the registered manager award in-house.The company is extending its investment in internal training, with...

Means test capital limits increase for LTC

The Department of Health (DH) has revised the capital limits for the means testing for local authority support in care homes.On 10 April the...

Scottish care homes ‘lead the way’ in MRSA reduction

The Scottish Care Commission has told the Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) task force that care homes for the elderly are leading the way in...

Scots day care statistics

In its annual census of the country’s day care services, which operate within a day centre setting and the wider community, the Scottish Executive...

SheffCare announces retirement village plan

SheffCare, the charitable residential provider that operates homes formerly run by Sheffield city council, has begun work on a £3.4m project that will see...

Hanover hooks £6m contracts

Hanover Housing, the social housing association which focuses on integrated accommodation and care complexes, has signed partnership contracts with Brighton and Hove city council...

New Developments

New developments...Residential care provider ADL has finalised a shareholder’s agreement that will see it take over operation of the 40-bed Newford Nursing Home in...

Royal Bank in billion pound deal

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has reportedly paid £1bn for a portfolio of 294 of Southern Cross Healthcare’s residential and nursing homes in...

The battle for Four Seasons rages on

Several bidders continue to fight it out in the high profile auction for Four Seasons Health Care, the UK’s third largest residential care provider,...