Congratulations to staff at Branksome Heights care home who have won the Bournemouth Care Home of the Year title

Home manager Lynne Petty said: “There are more than 200 care homes in Bournemouth. We were delighted to make the final three shortlist and absolutely thrilled to have won it.”

At the awards ceremony, organised by the Bournemouth Echo at the town’s Marsham Court hotel, a glowing testimony from the daughter-in-law of a Branksome Heights’ resident was read out. It said of staff: “They are all wonderful and go the extra mile for residents and their families… Lynne and her team are simply the best.”

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