Two Rotherham Care Homes Recognised for High Standards of Care
Two Rotherham care homes have been recognised for their commitment to high standards of care after receiving certificates from Care Inspections UK (CIUK).
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Barchester Healthcare Gets Moving For Charity
For the third year running, Barchester Healthcare staff and residents have come together to take part in an inclusive, company-wide initiative to raise funds for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation.
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Residents Help Shape Better Care as Exemplar Health Care Publishes Service User Engagement Impact Report
Exemplar Health Care has published its 2025–26 Service User Engagement Impact Report, which highlights how people living in its homes are working in partnership with colleagues to directly shape care provision, influence decisions, and improve everyday experiences across the organisation.
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Fair Pay Agreement Key to Care Service, Says TUC
Responding to Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s speech last week outlining the Government’s plans to reform adult social care in England — including an invitation to Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey…
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Finalists Announced for NACC Care Chef of the Year 2026 Competition
The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) has announced the 12 finalists who will be competing for this year’s NACC Care Chef of the Year crown in October.
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Councillor Dr Angela Mcfarlane Celebrates Completion of Odiham Care Home
Councillor Dr Angela McFarlane has celebrated the completion of Barchester Healthcare’s new luxury care home in Odiham, Whitewater Place, in front of invited guests from the local community.
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Care South Chefs Serve Up Summer Flavours For Dorset’s Catering Talent
Dorset’s catering talent got to sharpen their skills as Care South’s chefs led a hands-on masterclass celebrating fresh, seasonal produce.
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Mayor Enjoys Visit to Supported Living Home in Saltburn
The Mayor of Redcar & Cleveland, Councillor Ceri Cawley, paid a special visit to Milewood’s Strathallen home in Saltburn, where she met the people who live there and the team supporting them.
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Majority of Care Homes Score Highly in Reviews
A major new analysis of verified care home reviews paints a positive picture of the UK’s care home sector, with nearly two-thirds of homes listed on carehome.co.uk achieving an overall review score of 9.0 or above out of 10.
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Ombudsman Calls on Councils and Care Homes to Improve End of Life Care
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) is urging councils and care providers to ensure consistently high standards of end of life care, warning that failures during a person’s final days can have a lasting impact on bereaved families.
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WWII Glider Pilot Honoured in Hastings
102-year-old Walter Martin shared his wartime story as part of project to preserve the memories of Britain’s remaining WWII veterans.
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A Toast to Tradition: Celebrating Afternoon Tea Week in Care Homes Across the UK
From 10th to 16th August 2026, care homes up and down the country will once again be reaching for their finest china, plumping up their scones, and polishing their teapots in celebration of Afternoon Tea Week — one of the most delightfully British traditions in the residential and nursing care calendar.
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Sector Gives Cautious Welcome to Prime Ministers Speech on Social Care
The care sector has today given a cautious welcome to Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s landmark speech on adult social care, in which he vowed to fix England’s “broken” system and pledged that his government would succeed where “successive administrations have ducked the issue for too long.”
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PM Pledges to End “Decades of Political Drift” on Social Care
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has vowed to fix England’s broken social care system, announcing an accelerated timetable for the National Care Service commission and a new cross-party push…
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Carluke Care Home and Street Level Partnership Blossoms as Generations Come Together
A new partnership between Milton Grange Care Home in Carluke and local youth charity Street Level is helping transform the home’s gardens while uniting different generations through shared community projects.
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