Health and Safety Archives - Care Home Professional

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.

HC-One scoops NHS Flu Fighter prize

Best Practice Business Business Practice Care home groups Case Studies Events Health & Safety Innovation Operators Solutions by Lee Peart on April 2, 2019

Leading care home provider HC-One took the award for best care campaign at the annual NHS Flu Fighter Awards.

Older people in retirement communities less likely to fall, research finds

Best Practice Business Health & Safety Mobility Research Solutions by Lee Peart on March 21, 2019

Older people are less anxious, more active and less likely to fall in retirement communities, research has found.

Care home providers urged to check ambulance response times following investigation

Health & Safety Solutions by Lee Peart on March 8, 2019

Care home providers have been urged to check their ambulance response times following a BBC investigation.

Fire safety failures found in more than half of London’s care homes

Business Compliance Health & Safety Solutions by Lee Peart on February 5, 2019

More than half of the capital’s care homes have failed London Fire Brigade safety checks.

Care home training supplier named Welsh Exporter of the Year

Best Practice Business Business Practice Events Health & Safety Innovation Solutions by Lee Peart on December 7, 2018

Leading manufacturer of training manikins for the care home sector, Ruth Lee, has been named Welsh Exporter of the Year. The supplier received the honour at The Daily Post Business Awards which celebrate outstanding businesses

Firefighters tackle care home laundry room blaze

Best Practice Business Care homes with nursing Health & Safety Laundry Operators Solutions by Lee Peart on November 21, 2018

Four people were moved from their bedrooms to avoid smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in a York nursing

SUPPLIER FOCUS: Over 500 care homes install digital health monitoring system

Best Practice Business Business Practice Case Studies Equipment Health & Safety Information technology Innovation Solutions by Lee Peart on October 2, 2018

As further evidence of the increasing use of technology to improve the well-being and safety of their residents, over 500

Grenfell tragedy means care home providers need to be prepared for the worst

Best Practice Business Compliance Health & Safety Solutions by Lee Peart on July 13, 2018

Rescue training manikin maker Ruth Lee says the Grenfell tragedy highlighted the need for care home providers to have an

SUPPLIER FOCUS: Fireco’s free guide to care home fire safety

Best Practice Business Compliance Health & Safety Solutions by Lee Peart on July 10, 2018

Care homes are at high risk of fire and their fire safety procedures need to be more complex than in

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