The care sector’s premier event returned to NEC Birmingham at the beginning of October. The Care Home Environment editor Matt Seex picks some highlights
This year's Care Show Birmingham, which was held on 8/9 October at the NEC, was once again a busy and vibrant event. At this year's show, The Care Home Environment had the pleasure of launching The Care Home Industry Handbook, which we hope will prove an invaluable resource for decision makers in care. Certainly, if reaction at the show to the inaugural 2026 Edition is anything to go by, the future looks bright for the latest addition to our growing portfolio and we are already looking forward starting work on the 2027 Edition.
In another first, Care Show Birmingham 2025 saw me step in front of a camera to conduct a series of video interviews with a number of care sector big hitters. Among those I spoke to were Richard Ayres, social care advisor for Care England, and I asked him which issues were currently of greatest concern to Care England members.
"Workforce is always a problem," Richard told me. "We've got a huge issue with losing our domestic workforce quicker than we can retain them. We've had the plug pulled on international recruitment. We're concerned about the rise of agency [working]. It's at its lowest point now for a long time but we expect that to rise over the next couple of years. The Employment Rights Bill and the fair pay agreement are in process and more consultations are coming. They are huge costs to us as a sector from a workforce perspective."
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