Occupancy levels across UK private care homes returned to, and in some cases exceeded, the pre-pandemic long-term average to reach 88%.

Boutique Care Homes has broken ground on its latest project, Martello Manor, a care home in Hythe, Kent.

Hamberley Care Homes has signed a 30-year lease deal with Belgian healthcare real estate investment trust Aedifica’s UK division for a new luxury care home site.

Day care services provider VIP Day Centres has branched into the franchising market by opening two new locations in Reading in Berkshire, and Royston in Hertfordshire.

The Local Government Association has called on the government to co-create a 10-year plan for adult social care.

Birchgrove opens Surrey development Rented retirement homes provider Birchgrove has opened its 52-unit Pepperpot House development in Godalming, Surrey.