Press releases

Chicks hatch at care home in South Shields

Older people living in care are welcoming in a brood of new residents this Spring.Teaming up with creative ageing charity Equal Arts in Gateshead,…

Planning permission granted for 66-bed care home in Herne Bay

LNT Care Developments has received planning permission to build a new 66 bed care home in Kent, which will be run by Barchester Healthcare when it…

Nominations open for Barchester Care Awards 2017

Barchester Healthcare is asking staff, residents, relatives and friends to nominate Barchester staff and volunteers who do an outstanding job for…

New Hart Learning and Development partnership to create 400 apprenticeship opportunities

Barchester Healthcare has chosen to partner with Hart Learning & Development (Hart L&D) to meet their apprenticeship requirements in a deal…

Works underway at new care home site in Lichfield

Work has started on Barchester's newest care home, which will be opening in Lichfield in the summer of 2018. The new 70 bed home will create around…

Care home resident says film debut was 'a treat from beginning to end'

Kathleen Wood, who lives at Brook House Care Home in Wembley, has made her big-screen debut at the age of 96, featuring in a film about ten different…

'Outstanding' result for Barchester's Lucerne House Care Home

Lucerne House Care Centre in Exeter passed a recent Care Quality Commission inspection with an overall “Outstanding” rating after being praised for a…

Training underway for marathon hopeful, Mark

A care home chef with a passion for improving the lives of older people is preparing to face his first marathon to raise money for Barchester’s…

Professor Trish Morris-Thompson announces her retirement

One of the most senior nurses in the UK care sector, Professor Trish Morris-Thompson, currently Director of Quality and Clinical Governance at…