Press releases

Nominations open for Barchester Care Awards 2016

Barchester Healthcare has launched its Care Awards today and is asking staff, residents, relatives and friends to nominate Barchester staff who…

Care home resident with cerebral palsy takes on 412 mile challenge

63 year-old Rhoda Gourlay, who has cerebral palsy and is registered blind, has challenged herself to cycle the total distance from Edinburgh to…

Caring Cyd McCarthy-Akrill to receive MBE

Cyd McCarthy-Akrill, who managed Barchester’s Castle Care Village for 4 years, is to be awarded an MBE for services to people with learning…

Care homes open their doors to lonely older people this Christmas

Thousands of people will be spending Christmas alone as loneliness becomes an increasing problem, particularly among older people. To help with this…

David and Terry have Christmas cards down to a fine art!

A care home receptionist in Skipton and an 87 year old man from Horsham are the joint winners of a national Christmas card competition run by…

Scottish Care Award is second accolade for Julie

Julie Wright, Care Practitioner at Drummond Grange Care Home in Lasswade was delighted to be named ‘Carer of the Year’ at the Scottish Care Awards…

Woodland View Care Home opens in Colchester

Care home staff and residents were delighted when guests from the community joined them to officially open Colchester’s newest care facility,…

Barchester staff to cycle 60 miles in tribute challenge

Two men have set themselves a gruelling cycling challenge in London to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support in memory of their colleague, Chris…

First residents settle in at Woodland View

Woodland View Care Home is giving a warm welcome to its first residents June Cousins and Maureen Hobbs who were invited to cut a green ribbon to mark…