Westgate House Care Home - Barchester Healthcare

18/01/2026

🌟💜 Planned March Event💜🌟
International Womens Day is the 8th March, but we are also celebrating this on Friday 6th March with a special guest speaker 🤫

16/01/2026

💜🌟 Happy Friday and huge Congratulations to our employee of the month, Derek, always going that extra mile and helping with a smile on his face! You are appreciated more than you know Derek! 🌟💜

12/01/2026

💜💜 Please join us on Thursday 19th February between 2 - 3pm to learn the importance of keeping a healthy heart. All welcome 💜💜

09/01/2026

Amazing events planned for this month! 💜

Join us on the third Thursday of each month between 2 - 4pm for our Dementia Cafe 🌟

Join us at Westgate House on Thursday 29th January 2026 between 2.30 - 4.30pm to celebrate senior health & fitness day!! Everyone welcome!! 💜🎉

07/01/2026

A wonderful morning for our residents at Westgate house 💜🙏💜 St Anthony church service along with holy communion what a great way to begin the new year 🌟

05/01/2026

💜💜 such an amazing day out at the Pantomime 💜💜 enjoyed by our lovely residents and the staff!

🎊 HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎊

01/01/2026

30/12/2025

🏅 10k Challenge for Charity 🏅

A brave care home manager has taken on her first ever 10K to raise vital funds for charity.

Novice runner Roisin Doyle, from The Dales Care Home in , took part in a sponsored 10K to raise money for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation. The Foundation supports older people and adults living with a disability by helping them to connect or re-connect with others in their local communities.

Roisin shared: “Taking part in this challenge has been a huge amount of fun and everyone at the home has been behind me all the way. It’s for such an important cause. I’m very glad to be able to do my bit to raise further awareness and money for our charity.”

Roisin raised a grand total of £450 by completing the challenge, which will be donated to Barchester's Charitable Foundation to help combat loneliness and isolation. 👏


The Dales Care Home - Barchester Healthcare

26/12/2025

🎄 Wishing you all a Holly, Jolly Christmas! 🎅🎁

Residents, patients, families and friends, colleagues and local community members came together to celebrate Christmas in style.

The Christmas parties were in full swing across our care homes and hospitals with delicious festive food, bubbly, live music, carol singers and of course lots of gifts, all delivered straight from the North Pole.

It was a wonderful day. Here are some of our favourite moments. ✨

23/12/2025

What an amazing day today- celebrating our very very own Jaswinder on 10 years of service at Westgate House 💜🙏💜 well done Jaswinder! Keep up the good work!
Thank you to our Regional Director for giving Jaswinder her letter, voucher and Pin.

💜🎉💜🎉💜🎉💜🎉💜🎉💜🎉💜🎉💜🎉💜

23/12/2025

⭐ Twickenham Nurse Wins RCN London Rising Star Award ⭐

Staff and residents at Lynde House Care Home in are celebrating because their much-loved nurse, Smita Patelia, has been named in the Royal College of Nursing London’s Rising Star Awards.

The Rising Star awards recognise nursing staff from the capital's Black, Asian and minoritised ethnic communities who've made an outstanding contribution to the health and care of Londoners. A team from Lynde House attended the awards ceremony where Smita’s achievements were celebrated, and she received her RCN Rising Stars Award.

Smita is an excellent nurse and role model to everyone at Lynde House. She has progressed from RN to Deputy Manager thanks to her clinical skill and underpinning knowledge, plus the compassion and consistent, instinctive care she demonstrates daily to her residents and their family members.

Congratulations, Smita! 👏

Lynde House Care Home - Barchester Healthcare

22/12/2025

🌟 November Highlights 🌟

Take a look at our November highlights video, featuring a heart-warming collection of special moments from our care homes and hospitals – from snowy afternoons to pub visits and Remembrance Day celebrations.

Stay tuned for next month's video.

19/12/2025

👏 Congratulations! 👏

We’re delighted to share the amazing cakes made by the winners of this year's Barchester Christmas Cake Competition.

This much-loved annual event invites residents, patients, colleagues and chefs to put their baking skills to the test, competing for the title of the most delicious and creative Christmas-themed cake in their division. Judged by Barchester’s Hospitality Team, the competition highlights the amazing talent across our care services.

The winning cakes captured the spirit of Christmas and were absolutely delicious.

Here are the winners and photos of their brilliant creations:

⭐ Chef Winners ⭐
• The Fernes Care Home - Barchester Healthcare
• Hugh Myddelton House Care Centre - Barchester Healthcare
• Plas Y Dderwen Care Home
• Southerndown Care Home - Barchester Healthcare
• North Park Care Centre - Barchester Healthcare
• Kernow House Care Centre - Barchester Healthcare

⭐ Resident Winners ⭐
• Cossins House Care Home - Barchester Healthcare
• Hurstwood View Care Home
• Kingswood Court Care Home - Barchester Healthcare
• Newlands Care Centre - Barchester Healthcare
• South Grange Care Centre - Barchester Healthcare
• Castle Lodge Independent Hospital - Barchester Healthcare

Huge congratulations to all the winners and a big thank you to everyone who took part. 🎉

18/12/2025

⭐️ Mulberry Court Features on BBC’s The One Show ⭐️

Staff and residents at Mulberry Court Care Home in are celebrating their newfound fame as a video they recorded was featured on BBC’s The One Show in their One Big Thank You segment.

It all came about because big-hearted nine-year-old twins, George and Stanley, decided to make the world a better place by carrying out 12 Acts of Kindness in the run up to Christmas. One of their acts was visiting Mulberry Court to bring some joy to the residents there.

The staff and residents at the home were so grateful to the boys that they recorded a thank you video which was aired on The One Show, much to the delight of everyone at the home. The piece was introduced by none other than TV royalty, Miranda Hart, a firm favourite of all the residents at Mulberry Court.

Mulberry Court Care Home - Barchester Healthcare

17/12/2025

🎄 Christmas Cheer in Full Swing 🎉

Our care homes and hospitals are getting into the festive spirit, with Christmas preparations well underway across the country.

Over the past few weeks, residents, patients and colleagues have been busy decorating, putting up Christmas trees and celebrating themed events such as Christmas Jumper Day, Elf Day, as well as taking part in light switch-ons and flower arranging masterclasses.

There are plenty of fun-filled activities and experiences to enjoy in the lead-up to Christmas.

Here are some of our favourite moments. ✨

16/12/2025

🧙 Mount Vale Creates Special Garden for Gnome-obsessed Resident 🧙

When Margaret first moved into Mount Vale Care Home in , colleagues didn’t realise she came as a package deal. They quickly came to understand that Margaret couldn’t settle if she didn’t have her favourite companions with her – she was missing the ceramic gnomes from her garden that she had collected over the years.

The team set about preparing an outdoor space where Margaret’s much-loved collection of gnomes could be recreated. Led by the home’s Head of Maintenance, Shaun, everyone joined forces to clear an area directly outside Margaret’s bedroom window so she could see and interact with her beloved gnomes all the time.

Now Margaret’s new gnome garden is her pride and joy, it brings her so much comfort to spend time with her new collection of gnomes donated by the home’s generous Administrator, Sarah, it is like having a piece of her old home with her.

What a fantastic story! 👏

14/12/2025

A lovely visit from members of our local Church 💜

And our beautiful Christmas Tree delivered and in place 🎄

11/12/2025

🎄🎁☃️ A CHRISTMAS VISIT ☃️🎁🎄

Such a lovely day, visited by a beautiful therapy Donkey called Andy.

Bringing smiles to the residents and the staff 💜

09/12/2025

🥇 HealthInvestor Power List Winner 🥇

We’re thrilled to announce that our CEO, Dr Pete Calveley, has been named Elderly Care Leader at The HealthInvestor Power List award ceremony.

It is the fifth time Dr Calveley has been honoured at the awards by his peers, a testament to the respect in which he is held in the sector.

For over 15 years, The HealthInvestor Power List celebrates the most effective, inspiring and influential leaders in health and social care. The 2025 Power List includes outstanding leaders, investors and advisors from across the healthcare sector.

Congratulations! 👏

09/12/2025

Westgate House residents were busy last week decorating all the Christmas Trees 🎄
A job well done, followed by a well earned cup of tea and mince pie!

08/12/2025

🎄✨ Elf Day Celebrations ✨🎄

Our care homes and hospitals celebrated Elf Day in style recently, with plenty of festive cheer, creative outfits and fun-filled activities, all while raising vital funds and awareness for people living with dementia.

Launched by the Alzheimer's Society and delivered direct from the North Pole, Elf Day was created to sprinkle some festive cheer on fundraising efforts towards finding a cure for dementia.

A big thank you to everyone who took part and made this day such a success.

Here are some of our favourite moments.

02/12/2025

Family panto evening and a day of baking! A busy festive time as we moved into December 💜

30/11/2025

💜🍰🍨WESTGATE HOUSE PUDDING CLUB🍨🍰💜

We had the honour of being visited this week by our local Councillor, Rita.
Our amazing kitchen team produced cakes and puddings for us all to share 🎉🎉🎉