Care Home Management magazine

28/11/2025

Care home employers should plan for increases in the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) from April 2026, after
Low Pay Commission recommendations were accepted and announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in the November 2026 Budget.

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20/11/2025

Nurse leaders raise social care nurse exploitation in immigration lobby

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18/11/2025

In our latest podcast, Care Home Management looks forward to the next Care Home Awards which celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2026.

Tune in: https://www.buzzsprout.com/233693/episodes/18210380-ten-years-of-the-care-home-awards-enter-or-sponsor-now-special-podcast.mp3?download=true

This flagship event, for which Care Home Management is the media partner, is the perfect way for providers to reward themselves and their teams for best practice, and to boost their reputation locally.

“The Awards are a highlight of the year for many care homes and there are those who enter year after year,” says commercial director Helen Warrilow. “Winning an Award or being a finalist can boost staff morale and be great for PR and marketing and for improving occupancy.”

Tune in: https://www.buzzsprout.com/233693/episodes/18210380-ten-years-of-the-care-home-awards-enter-or-sponsor-now-special-podcast.mp3?download=true

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13/11/2025

Nurses call for more support with digital tech and discrimination in the workplace.

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13/11/2025

Cyber risk is now a part of care and it needs managing like any other.

Special Feature by Michelle Corrigan, programme director, Digital Care Hub

Let’s be honest: “cyber risk” sounds like something that happens to big banks or tech companies, not to the adult social care sector. But the truth is cyber risk is just risk. Care providers already know how to manage risk. You do it every day – with safeguarding, lone working, medication errors, power cuts, etc. You assess likelihood and severity, you make decisions under pressure, and you find ways to keep people safe.

Cyber is no different. It’s just the digital version of risks you already manage. The danger is thinking that familiarity means it can be left on the back burner. It can’t.

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Cyber security in care homes is the responsibility of every staff member. Care business information. care home providers guidance

11/11/2025

UK experts predict an early and severe flu season.

How care homes can cope effectively:

https://chmonline.co.uk/flu-vaccination-2/

UK flu experts are predicting a severe flu season following an early start to the season.

The latest UKHSA surveillance data has shown that flu cases are continuing to rise and the rise is expected to accelerate further in the coming weeks.

With a late start to the RSV season but activity now increasing, older people are among those urged to get their RSV vaccine.



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Care home teams are encouraged to get flu vaccinations amid predictions of an early and severe season. Residential care management

06/11/2025

Care homes to face more scrutiny over heat management plans.

Care homes will face more scrutiny over their climate management from 2026, the Government has said in response to a review of climate control across the UK.

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Care homes will be subject to more scrutiny of their climate management from 2026. Care business information. residential care management

31/10/2025

A social care roundtable has set out three principles for future care standards: fairness, trust and equity, with a prominent focus on outcomes.

Held to inform the development of the National Care Service, the roundtable identifies three key elements in effective care:

Fairness and consistency: New standards should end the postcode lottery affecting care funding. People should feel empowered to manage care effectively and efforts should be person- rather than system-orientated.

Co-production: Care provision must shift from transactional to relational, to improve the efficiency of care services and stimulate innovation in technology and models of care.

Reframe the narrative of social care from crisis and deficit to one that recognises the sector as essential infrastructure.

Read more: https://chmonline.co.uk/care-standards/

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30/10/2025

How compliant is your epilepsy care?

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A Halesowen former manager has been fined for failures in a care home resident's epilepsy management. Care home providers guidance

29/10/2025

CQC report highlights links between council care fees and A&E admissions.

Read more at www.chmonline.co.uk

28/10/2025

Nurse union reports surge in racism complaints to its helpline

Full story: www.chmonline.co.uk

20/10/2025

NEW PODCAST - Review of the UK Care Home Market

In our latest industry-leading podcast with Christie & Co we look at the state of the UK care home market and how the current economic and political landscape is impacting buyers and sellers.

Tune in: https://www.buzzsprout.com/233693/episodes/18001856-the-care-market-in-review-what-you-need-to-know-in-2025-special-podcast-with-christie-co.mp3?download=true

In this must-listen podcast we talk to Christie & Co managing director for care Richard D Lunn, and head of healthcare consultancy Hannah Haines about trends, transactions and occupancy.

The Care Market Review 2025 special podcast reveals that market activity has picked up and yields continue to stabilise, but investors remain selective about where they put their money. The market is evolving with more M&A and joint ventures between investors and a focus on management contracts.

Moving into 2026, more money is likely to become available for mid-market deals and high-performing care homes.

Tune in: https://www.buzzsprout.com/233693/episodes/18001856-the-care-market-in-review-what-you-need-to-know-in-2025-special-podcast-with-christie-co.mp3?download=true

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On the podcast we also discuss how the sector will be impacted by the Labour government’s overhaul of the planning system and how high construction costs are fuelling joint venture partnerships.

We also explore geographical trends, how interest from international investors is likely to grow in 2026, the future of purpose-built homes and other factors that will decide the health of the UK care home marketing over the next year.

Podcast hosted by Steve Hemsley and kindly sponsored by Hendrix Training.