Service providers

The Brain Charity has been named Liverpool Chamber's Charity Partner of the Year, with fundraising activities planned over the next 12 months. The Liverpool-based charity has provided services and support to people with neurological conditions across the UK for more than 30 years. Through the partnership, it will engage with Chamber members and raise funds [...]

100-year-old naval veteran Brian Brown cut the ribbon at Hazlemere Lodge Care Home in High Wycombe to celebrate the year anniversary of Buckinghamshire Council appointing family-owned care provider Agincare to operate four homes and three extra care schemes in the county. Hazlemere Lodge is the first of the homes to complete a major refurbishment as [...]

Two specialist neurorehabilitation services have been praised for providing a “safe and caring environment” where people feel understood, supported and empowered to rebuild their independence. Cygnet Grange and Cygnet Lodge, in Sutton-in-Ashfield, successfully achieved accreditation from Headway, the brain injury association, after assessors found a compassionate culture, exemplary staff development and highly personalised rehabilitation at [...]

A former Derbyshire County Council care home is set to reopen in early 2027 after Your Health Group acquired the vacant property for £2.59m. Castle Court Care Home, on Linton Road in Castle Gresley, Swadlincote, was sold at auction on 30 September 2026 following the council's decision to remodel its in-house adult care services. The [...]

Adult social care provider National Care Group has promoted Wendy Bamford to lead specialist neurological services across Greater Manchester. Wendy left school at 16 and moved into a bedsit, in her words, “with nothing”. Fast forward more than 30 years, she never imagined she’d graduate from university and deliver outstanding care and support at a [...]

Tom’s Trust co-founder Deborah Mitchell is stepping away from the charity’s day-to-day work after helping establish it in 2011. Mitchell, known as Debs, co-founded the Cambridge-based children’s brain tumour charity with Andrew Whitley following the death of their nine-year-old son, Tom, from a brain tumour. She served as chief executive until 2021 and is now [...]

Exemplar Health Care is rolling out YetiCare across its English care homes after introducing 15 tablets at selected services. The care provider operates more than 60 complex care services across England and decided to expand the technology following a positive response to the initial rollout. YetiCare combines a large-format interactive tablet with purpose-built software and [...]

A specialist brain injury care home in West Sussex has welcomed its first residents and opened to healthcare professionals and the local community. Warnham Lodge, near Warnham and Horsham, was developed by Splendid Care Group for people with acquired brain injury (ABI) and other complex neurological needs. The home can accommodate up to 10 residents [...]

Cygnet Group is celebrating after winning the Independent Excellence in Experience of Care category at the 2026 Picker Experience Network Awards, while Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke’s Farm Project was named runner-up in the Environment of Care category. The awards recognise organisations and teams that are making a meaningful difference to the experiences of people receiving health [...]

A £60m disability employment fund has opened for bids across the UK, for public, private and voluntary sector organisations testing new ways to help disabled people and those with health conditions enter, stay and progress in work. First announced in July, the fund could support ideas including AI-powered job-matching tools, prosthetics and digital therapies for [...]