Care UK

Care UK will develop a national pilot to test new ways for patients to access their local GP services, with an improved mix of longer face to face appointments and telephone and online consultations.

Winchcombe Place, a new state-of-the-art care home in Berkshire, has welcomed its excited first residents. Care UK has also announced the appointment of Michelle Sides as manager at the £8 million home, which is on track to create 100 new jobs.

With 11 eggs on a traditional simnel or apostle cake in mind, the specialist dementia team at Care UK has come up with 11 ways to make the most of the Easter holiday when you are caring for a loved one who has dementia.

Two thirds of adults worry about the future care of their parents, yet most refuse to discuss the topic with them, and even less have made any plans, new research has revealed.

Care UK’s £60 million investment to provide better care for older people in Suffolk has taken a big step forward, with planning permission granted for all ten new care home and wellbeing centre developments.

A caring support worker from Reading, who overcame his own health and personal challenges to help others, has been recognised with a national award.

A healthcare assistant working at The Junction Health Centre in Clapham has been named sexual health professional of the year. Tinu Oluwole scooped the top national prize during an award ceremony in London for the Brook 2014 UK Sexual Health Awards.

The next generation of health professionals is being given a helping hand across Greater Manchester by an independent provider of health and social care services.

Pupils from Cedars Park Community Primary School in Stowmarket have helped mark the beginning of construction work on Care UK’s new care home and wellbeing centre in the town.

NHS England has awarded the healthcare contracts for HMP Brixton and HMP Pentonville to independent health and social care provider Care UK, the largest single provider of healthcare to HM Prison Service.