New developments

Berkley Care Group is in the process of opening four new homes to bring its total bed number to 335. Last month it opened a £7.8m high-end care home which had been converted from a disused office block. The 66-bed Shinfield View is only available to self-paying residents. This month it is due to open a 75-bed home in Oxford set in 2.5acres of wooded valley. The £9m Cumnor Hill House will provide nursing, residential and dementia care. In June, a £6.6m home is due to open in Hillingdon, London, offering 60-beds for private paying residents and in July the £7.8m Leycester House in Warwick offering 78 beds will open. Berkley Care Group has a further three homes in the pipeline offering a total of 200 new places.