Construction specialist Clegg Construction has completed a £6m Care UK care home in Quorn near Loughborough for 64 older people.
Fifteen residents and six staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 at a Gateshead care home.
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Care UK has begun work on its seventh care home currently under construction.
Leading care home groups have warned it will be weeks before they are able to resume routine COVID-19 testing after they were advised to stop using a test kit.
A High Court hearing of CMA proceedings against Care UK has been adjourned to May 2021 following a request from the care home provider.
Care UK has welcomed the Nursing & Midwifery Council’s (NMC) acknowledgement of the huge role care home teams have played during the coronavirus.
The government has come under fire for its lack of planning and slow response to protecting care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Care UK Chair Mike Parish likened the social care sector to the “slowest car crash in history” during a major conference yesterday.
Care home new build market leader Care UK is planning another busy year with six launches this spring and a further seven homes under construction.
Legal actions by the Competition and Markets (CMA) against leading care home provider Care UK are to be heard at the High Court in July.
