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NOURISH CARE BACKS KEIR STARMER’S PROMISE TO SAVE
THE NHS Nourish Care, a provider of digital care management soſtware in the adult care sector, backs Labour leader Keir Starmer’s mission plan to build an NHS fit for the future by moving to full digital patient records alongside recruiting more carers and paying them a fair wage.
Nuno Almeida, Nourish’s CEO and founder is ideally placed to understand the impact of these measures because in addition to creating the country’s leading digital care management soſtware, he has spent time as a care worker.
“I hid my CV from the people I worked with. I was just a Portuguese chap with good enough English to come in and help. What I saw was how passionate care workers are about the interactions they have with the people they’re looking aſter. But they spent so long taking notes and writing reports, they didn’t have the time to care in the personal way they wanted to. I also saw that those in care had a lot being done to them without having any say in it. This is what drove me to create Nourish,” he said.
Almeida continued: “Care is not respected as a sector and care workers don’t get paid enough. That has got to change if we’re to achieve the joined-up care in the community that Starmer says will keep people out of hospital. Recruitment is a problem too. Until 2017, migrant workers made up a large proportion of care staff. Oſten qualified nurses from Europe would come here and work in care homes. Brexit happened and now I have care home CEOs telling me that they’re sending people to places such as Ghana, Sri Lanka and South Africa to find workers who are prepared to move to the UK.”
CLEENOL CELEBRATES 75 YEARS WITH ITS PROJECT
75 CHARITY DRIVE This year sees Cleenol turns 75. A family-run independent developer and producer of cleaning and hygiene solutions, Cleenol has always worked to give back to the community in which it operates. So, this year, as a celebration of this ethic, the company is launching a 75x75x75 charity fundraiser. Spread across the full 12 months, Cleenol has challenged itself and its customers and suppliers to raise £75,000 through participation of at least 75 people at 75 events. These events can be large or small, group or personal and will cover a gamut of types of activity. From the Three Peaks Challenge to a weight loss programme, to 24 gaming endurance challenges.
Three charities will form the core of the recipient base. Katharine House Hospice has a long-standing
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Starmer says that Labour will move to fully digitised patient records. The current government has already issued guidelines on the digitisation of records in the adult social care sector and uptake is predicted to speed up in the light of the Care Quality Commission’s recent announcement made with the aim of achieving 80% compliance by March 2024.
“Social care is very complex,” said Almeida. “To do it well you need to understand the dynamics of care teams, care providers, commissioners, how the sector evolved, how it’s regulated and how it’s woven into other areas of healthcare. Soſtware products that work well are focused on the person receiving care, and designed so that carers and managers have an intuitive and powerful set of tools at their fingertips that link in with other health platforms such as GP Connect. It takes collaboration with everyone system-wide - local authorities, the NHS, the CQC, et cetera.”
Nourish also believes there’s a role for AI in the adult care sector, but it’s not a magic pill. “Humans must always be relied on for decision-making, but we’ll increasingly rely on technology to deliver ancillary caregiving functions,” said Almeida.
https://nourishcare.co.uk
relationship with Cleenol. We have been involved with the charity from its inception and over the last 30 years have continued to provide cleaning supplies and any charity fundraising receipts to the home. This year we also sponsored the development of their EPiC online resource to provide a broad spread of support services to people facing the challenges around end of life.
The second charity focuses on another area where Cleenol pays particular focus and is one of the drivers behind the culture and management approach in the company. Oxfordshire Mind is dedicated to making sure that anyone experiencing a mental health issue gets both support and respect. The company has been campaigning for better mental health in Oxfordshire for over 50 years through its campaigning and support services.
The third charity selected by all the employees in an open vote, is the Thames Valley Air Ambulance. As the providers of emergency support 365 days a year, the charity works hard to give everyone the best chance of survival aſter an accident or in an emergency situation. In 2022, the team attended over 3,000 incidents. All of this is provided without official government funding, so is solely reliant on charity donations.
https://project75.mycleenol.com
www.tomorrowscare.co.uk
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