Barchester Healthcare
 Head office in London | |
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Industry | Health care |
| Founded | 1992, Mike Parsons |
| Headquarters | Finsbury Square, London |
Number of locations | 250 (October 2021) |
| Website | www |
Barchester Healthcare Ltd is an independent care provider in the United Kingdom, running over 250 care homes and seven registered hospitals across the country. The organisation employs over 17,000 staff in care homes which offer residential and nursing care.[1] The organisation's head office is located in Finsbury Square, London. It also has offices in Berkhamsted, Oxfordshire, Milton Keynes, Wiltshire and Inverness.
History[]
Barchester Healthcare was founded in 1992 by Mike Parsons. After finding it difficult to find a good quality care home for two of his relatives, he bought Moreton Hill, a 17th-century farm in the Cotswolds, and converted it into a care home which he felt was to a high enough standard.[2] In 1994, Moreton Hill won the Care Home Design award at the Great South Western Care Awards and featured on BBC's Countryfile as an example of design sympathetically managed for a rural environment.
The next care homes to be opened by Parsons were Badgeworth Court Care Home and Hunters Care Centre in 1995. Barchester has continued to expand its portfolio via new builds and acquisition, and as of October 2021, runs over 250 homes across the country, making it the third largest care home group in the UK.
It took over 14 care homes from Four Seasons Health Care in December 2019.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Company profile - Barchester Healthcare". barchester.com.
- ^ "Origins - Barchester Healthcare". barchester.com.
- ^ "Four Seasons hands over 44 care homes as part of restructuring measures". Care Home Professional. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
External links[]
- Nursing homes in the United Kingdom
- Private providers of NHS services
- Social care in the United Kingdom