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MUM’S THE WORD AT ROYAL ALFRED SEAFARERS’ SOCIETY

A mother and daughter team at the Banstead-based care home of the Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society are highlighting the benefits of families working together, as they celebrate Mother’s...
Andrews Boilers Keeps Kent Care Home Open

Andrews Boilers Keeps Kent Care Home Open

Temporary boiler supplier, Andrews Boiler Hire , kept a Kent care home open when it experienced a recurring boiler breakdown which affected the care home’s ability to provide central heating...
Orchard Care Homes Set up in-house awards to Recognise staff

Orchard Care Homes Set up in-house awards to Recognise staff

Orchard Care Homes have launched a new award scheme to recognise the activity coordinators of the group. This scheme comes as part of the company’s national initiative to develop a high...
Andrew Sykes urges care providers to monitor temperatures during heat wave

Andrew Sykes urges care providers to monitor temperatures during heat wave

Andrews Air Conditioning is encouraging care providers to remain vigilant when the temperature is higher than normal over the coming weeks. They are particularly concerned about residents in a care...
Ombudsman publishes Service Charter to inform service users

Ombudsman offers greater clarity about its role with Service Charter

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has today published a set of quality standards in the form of a Service Charter to inform service users what they can expect from the service. The...
Care delivered at majority of GP practices in UK is good to outstanding, says CQC

Care delivered at majority of GP practices in UK is good to outstanding, says CQC

The CQC has published 88 reports on the quality of care provided by GP practices across the UK and has found that the majority of care delivered is Good to Outstanding. Under CQC’s new...
Corrie Stars Drop Into Lever Edge Care Home

Corrie Stars Drop Into Lever Edge Care Home

Residents at Lever Edge Care Home in Bolton were pleasantly surprised when a handful of Coronation Street stars popped in on the 29th November for a visit. Cobbles favourites including Catherine...
ORCHARD CARE HOMES ACQUIRES LEYTON HOMES GROUP

ORCHARD CARE HOMES ACQUIRES LEYTON HOMES GROUP

Orchard Care Homes, a provider of residential elderly care homes across the UK, has completed the acquisition of 21 homes from the Leyton Healthcare portfolio.   Speaking about the...
Salford care home chef wins Akari Care Master Chef 2015

Salford care home chef wins Akari Care Master Chef 2015

A chef from Beech House care home, in Salford, has been crowned ‘Akari Care Master Chef 2015’. Michael Byrne was chosen as the winner across Akari Care’s 39 homes throughout the...
Care home provider teams up with arts charity to help residents get creative

Care home provider gets creative by teaming up with arts charity

Akari Care has joined forces with Equal Arts to provide creative opportunities to their residents.   The Birmingham-based company Equal Arts manages the HenPower project which has been...

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