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Worcester care home celebrates an ‘Outstanding’ CQC result
The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by Perry Manor in Worcester, to be Outstanding following inspections in July and August. Perry Manor is a care home run by Care UK...
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Stowmarket care home residents and staff pull out all the stops for...
This is the view across the pond to Care UK’s Cedrus House care home in Stowmarket. The waterfalls of poppies off the balconies and in the garden were knitted by residents, colleagues and local people...
View ArticleCare UK to operate new Maidstone care home
The latest addition to Care UK’s portfolio of homes will be a new care home being built at the Kent Medical Campus in Maidstone. The new care home will provide 24-hour nursing accommodation for up to...
View ArticleCare UK faces legal action unless it pays more than £3m in compensation
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has made clear to the company, one of the country’s largest care home providers, that it must refund over 1,600 residents who were charged a compulsory...
View ArticlePurley care home rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC
A care home in Purley, south London, has been rated Outstanding overall by the Care Quality Commission. Amberley Lodge – Purley, which is run by Care UK Community Partnerships Limited, was rated...
View ArticleCare home residents offer up their wisdom for International Women’s Day
To celebrate International Women’s Day, 12 female care home residents across the UK have been sharing the advice they’d give to their younger selves. The ladies, aged between 82 and 93, also shared...
View ArticleCare home operator raises over £40,000 for charity
Hundreds of Care UK’s care home team members, residents and their relatives have come together in a nationwide fundraising programme based around cycling and fitness to raise over £41,000 for three...
View ArticleTwo of eight new Care UK homes move a step closer to completion
Two of the eight new Care UK homes due to open in the next 12 months reached important milestones in their construction calendars last week. Local mayors helped Care UK and its developers to perform...
View ArticleCare Quality Commission finds Macclesfield Outstanding
The Care Quality Commission has rated the care being provided at Hollins Park to be Outstanding after an inspection in May 2019. The service is operated by Community Health Services Limited and is part...
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The best in care catering celebrated at NACC Awards 2019
The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) recently celebrated outstanding contributions to the care catering sector at the NACC Awards 2019. The winners of the prestigious awards, which...
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Care UK recognised for commitment in boosting fire safety
Care UK Residential Care Service has won the Best Practice Award judged and presented by the National Association of Safety and Health in Care Services (NASHiC). The award, which is only announced...
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Think extreme sports aren’t for ninety-year-olds?
Think extreme sports aren’t for ninety-year-olds? Think again. A 92-year-old care home resident has fulfilled his wish to go skiing for the first time, just a couple of months before his 93rd birthday....
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Guests gather in suits of black and white to fulfil Care UK wish initiative
Mavis Ede resident of Care UK’s Highmarket House in Banbury holds the visiting Humbolt Penguin Charlie as part of the wishing tree initiative where residents can have their wishes granted.Matthew Power...
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Care UK’s senior nurse welcomes NMC comments on care homes
Care UK has welcomed the Nursing & Midwifery Council’s acknowledgement of the huge role care home teams have played during the coronavirus pandemic. NMC Chief Executive and Registrar Andrea...
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Care UK finalist in UK IT Industry Awards
Care UK reached the finals of a prestigious national award for the exceptional efforts its IT team put into ensuring care home colleagues could operate efficiently and keep residents and their families...
View ArticleFogging investment gives extra reassurance to relatives of care home residents
As community infection rates for Covid-19 continue to rise, teams in all 124 Care UK homes now have three additional pieces of kit to help minimise the risk of infection. As well as all the stringent...
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Care home provider up against TSB and Hitachi for top employer award
Care UK is the only care home provider in the country to be shortlisted for its dedication to employee training and development at the UK Employee Experience Awards. The Awards reward outstanding...
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Kathryn Homes take over operation of 12 Northern Ireland care homes
A new company with a local Board of Directors has been established to manage a portfolio of 12 care homes across Northern Ireland. From 26th April 2021 Kathryn Homes is solely responsible for the...
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Care UK’s most senior nurse welcomes new interest in nursing as a career
Care UK’s most senior nurse, Rachel Gilbert, Director of Care, Quality & Governance has welcomed news that the pandemic has brought an increase in interest from people wishing to train as a nurse –...
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Hampshire care home with cinema, bar and salon throws open doors
An £8.5m care home development including a cinema, bar and accommodation for up to 75 residents has been completed in Hampshire. Independent construction firm Brymor Construction designed and built...
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