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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Care Providers
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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Baroness Casey Launches the Big Conversation on Care with the Public
Baroness Casey of Blackstock has launched The Big Conversation on Care, the most ambitious public conversation in a generation, handing the public a direct role…
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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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Loveday and Co Appoints Petra Ionescu as Director of Operations
Later living and clinical care provider Loveday & Co has announced the appointment of Petra Ionescu as its Director of Operations.
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Social Care- Time for Problem-Solving, Not Point-Scoring says Burnham
Visiting a care home today [Wednesday 29th July], the Prime Minister will say he is making the choice to fix the broken social care system by finding common ground across party lines to tackle the big issues.
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Ati2ude Care acquires Ty Pentwyn Care Home in Treorchy
An experienced care sector professional has realised a long-held ambition to own and lead her own care home business following the acquisition of Tŷ Pentwyn Care Home in Treorchy, supported by a seven-figure loan from the Development Bank of Wales.
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Awards Success for Sanctuary Care’s Scotland Leadership Team
Sanctuary Care’s leadership team has been named Team of the Year at the annual Sanctuary Stars Awards, which celebrate exceptional colleagues across Sanctuary. The accolade…
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CSA Writes To New Prime Minister Urging Action On Social Care
The Care and Support Alliance (CSA) has called on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to make the long-awaited reform of adult social care one of the first priorities of his premiership, urging the Government to seize what it describes as a “historic opportunity” to deliver lasting change.
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Signature at Hendon Hall Residents Meet Sir Geoff Hurst at Retro World Cup Event
Residents from Signature at Hendon Hall enjoyed a once-in-a-lifetime evening meeting England football legend Sir Geoff Hurst at a special retro World Cup-themed event in London.
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Devolution is a Once-In-A-Generation Chance to Fix Broken Public Services Says Ombudsman
Local authority leaders have an historic opportunity to rebuild public trust in local services through local government reforms, says the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.
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Care About Care Launches New Campaign Tools to Hold New Prime Minister To Account
The Care About Care campaign, run by the grassroots coalition Providers Unite, has launched two new campaign tools today to help maintain political pressure on new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, to honour his promises to reform social care.
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Major New Care Home to Create Up to 85 Jobs in Bowburn
Construction of a major new care home in Bowburn, County Durham, is moving into its final stages, with St Mary’s Care Homes confirming that Bowburn Manor Care Home is on track to start welcoming new residents in early winter 2026.
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New PM Signals Tax Rises May Be Needed To Fund National Care Service
Andy Burnham has used his first days in Downing Street to reopen the debate over how a national care service for England should be funded, suggesting that tax increases may be unavoidable if the government is to deliver a system that matches the ambitions long championed by care sector campaigners.
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