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SUPPLIER FOCUS: Filta helps care home kitchens meet fire risk standards

Health & Safety Maintenance Solutions by Andrew Seymour on January 13, 2020

Award-winning oil filtration specialists Filta has unveiled a new automated extraction cleaning system to help operators meet the new increased fire risk management standards for commercial kitchens.

Wakefield care home fined £120k after resident falls

Care home groups Compliance by Matthew Trask on November 1, 2019

The care home was recently awarded a Requires Improvement rating by the Care Quality Commission following a recent inspection.

DeChoker completes roll out at care provider

Best Practice Business Business Practice Case Studies Equipment Health & Safety Innovation Solutions by Lee Peart on September 2, 2019

DeChoker has completed the roll-out of its anti-choking device at ex-service care provider, The Royal Star & Garter.

‘Callous’ cuts blamed after bodies were left to rot in retirement home

Care home groups Operators by Lee Peart on August 23, 2019

Angry residents have said “callous” care cuts resulted in two bodies being left to rot for months at a retirement home in Suffolk.

Care home resident died after choking on latex glove, inquest hears

Business Health & Safety Solutions by Lee Peart on July 23, 2019

An elderly care home resident who was living with advanced dementia died after swallowing a latex glove, an inquest has heard.

Smoking costs social care system £1.4bn a year, study finds

Business Health & Safety Research Solutions by Lee Peart on June 26, 2019

Smoking costs the social care system in England £1.4 billion a year, a survey claims.

Barchester Healthcare scoops health and safety award

Best Practice Business Business Practice Care home groups Health & Safety Innovation Operators Solutions by Lee Peart on June 18, 2019

Barchester Healthcare is celebrating after receiving a Healthcare Services Industry Sector award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) for its contribution to occupational health and safety in the healthcare sector.

Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare secure place on health and safety committee

Care home groups Health & Safety Operators Solutions by Lee Peart on June 5, 2019

Rebecca (middle) pictured with UK CEO Natalie-Jane Macdonald and Joanne Balmer Sunrise and Gracewell’s Senior Care and Quality Director

Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare health and safety advisor, Rebecca Brooks, has secured a seat on the National Association for Safety and Health in Care Services (NASHICS) board.

Electronic care provider helps avoid choking risks

Best Practice Business Business Practice Care Planning Systems Equipment Health & Safety Innovation Solutions by Lee Peart on May 8, 2019

Person Centred Software has helped improve resident safety and reduce nutritional risks by incorporating a new global framework for texture modified foods and fluids into its electronic care planning, monitoring and reporting system, Mobile Care Monitoring.

Charity provides defibrillator for local community following life threatening incidents

Best Practice Business Business Practice Care home groups Case Studies Equipment Health & Safety Innovation Operators Solutions by Lee Peart on April 11, 2019

The Royal Star & Garter Homes have provided a defibrillator for the local community following two life threatening incidents outside its service in Surbiton, south west London.

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