Over 400 care home operators collapse in five years as cuts take toll

Major operators to suffer financial difficulty include Four Seasons Healthcare, which has been put up for sale after rescue talks failed. Photograph: Photofusion/Rex/ShutterstockMore than 100 care home operators collapsed in 2018 – taking the total over five years to more than 400 – and has sparked warnings that patients in homes that close down could be left with nowhere to go but hospitals. UK care home firms are buckling under the pressure of funding cuts, crippling debt and risin