19/03/2026
We want to take a moment to thank our residents, families, and staff for the support and understanding shown during what has been a very difficult period.
As many of you know, our homes are now in the process of closing.
We feel it’s important to share a little more context behind this — not about our home specifically, but about a wider issue affecting care homes across the country.
In simple terms, the cost of providing safe, high-quality care is often higher than the fees paid by local authorities. Over time, this creates increasing pressure on care homes, particularly smaller independent providers.
Many families aren’t aware of how this works, but it can mean:
• differences in fees between local authority and private residents
• increasing financial pressure on providers
• and ultimately, fewer care places available locally for local authority fundes residents.
This is not a new issue, but it is becoming more visible as more homes face the same challenges.
Based on this experience, I have recently started a campaign to raise awareness of how care is funded and to encourage more open discussion about how it should work in the future. Including requesting a government petition for fairer care funding.
👉 www.whopaysforcare.co.uk
We believe those who rely on care — and those who provide it — deserve greater transparency about how the system works.
Our priority remains supporting residents and families through this transition, and we remain deeply grateful to our staff team for their care, professionalism, and commitment. #
Around 1 million people in England receive publicly funded adult social care. Millions more households may be indirectly paying around £1billion to subsidise the system (CMA 2017) . Today(2026) it is estimated this may be closer to £4 billion When the public price of care falls below the cost of
