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Oakland Care cuts ribbon on Enfield luxury development
Oakland Care has officially opened its Elsyng House 76-bed luxury care home in Enfield, North London. Located in the residential conservation
area of Forty Hill, Elsyng House features a café bistro, cinema room, hair and beauty salon, barbers, multiple air-conditioned lounges, as well as a family room and quiet lounge and garden areas for residents and families to enjoy. The luxury care home provider, which
operates six care homes in southern England, celebrated the opening of Elsyng House at a VIP event. Among those attending the ribbon-cutting
ceremony were Enfield North MP Feryal Clark, mayor of Enfield, Cllr. Sabri Ozaydin, Oakland Care chief executive Joanne Balmer and Elsyng House home manager Ruth Christie. “Everybody at Oakland Care has
worked tremendously hard to create this beautiful home and we are delighted to have received such a warm welcome to the local community in Enfield,” said Balmer. “We are looking forward to providing exceptional care and support to the
community and building on our successes. We want to be the luxury care home provider of choice for local people and Elsyng House is already well progressed to achieve this,” she added. Oakland Care, which operates six care
homes in southern England, is set to open two new care homes in Kent in the coming months: Birchwood Heights in Swanley and Maplewood Court in Maidstone.
Herefordshire Council green lights
80-bed care home development Herefordshire Council is to develop a new 80-bed care home in the county due to growing social care needs. Potential sites will now be explored,
including consulting with key stakeholders and developing the business plan. The plan is for the new facility to offer a
high-quality care environment, maximising the use of advanced technology to support the needs of residents.
Herefordshire Council said demographic changes and the development of the local care home market is set to add to the pressure on existing capacity because of increasing numbers of older and disabled people with complex needs. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic
and the closure of a privately run care home due to flood damage, Herefordshire Council opened the Hillside Care Centre in 2020.
Care UK wins right to build Wilmslow
scheme on appeal Care UK has been granted planning permission to build a 60-bed care home in Wilmslow on appeal. Planning inspectors overturned
Cheshire East Council’s refusal of the scheme located on Manchester Road. Cheshire East knocked back the
proposals on overdevelopment grounds but this was rejected by the Planning Inspectorate, which ruled that the impact of demolishing two detached properties with a single building would not harm the character and appearance of the area. The Planning Inspectorate also found
“compelling” evidence that the Care UK development is necessary due to “significant current unmet need for care home spaces in the area, and that this need will continue to grow in the future”. Care UK lodged plans with Cheshire
East Council in April 2020 for a two-story development with 27 beds at ground level and 33 beds on the first floor. Each bedroom is designed to be
ensuite, but assisted bathrooms would also be provided. The design includes public and semi-private facilities such a cafe, hairdresser and cinema. In addition, the development includes
a dedicated car park for 33 vehicles, including two disabled parking spaces. Care UK anticipates the Wilmslow
home would generate approximately 65 full-time equivalent jobs, including a maximum of 34 staff on-site. The development is approximately 0.5 hectares in size and is located 0.7 miles from Wilmslow town centre.
Support Social Care Heroes launched to honour staff dedication Work will focus on taking successful
A new organisation has launched to support social care workers and recognise their dedication and personal sacrifices. Support Social Care Heroes (SSCH) has been established by Nicola Richards, managing director of Palms Row Health Care and chair of the Sheffield Care Association. SSCH, which is in the process of achieving charitable status, aims to preserve, protect
and improve the health and wellbeing of those providing social care. Donations to SSCH will raise funds
to be used solely in supporting care workers, enabling a better work-life balance, improved resilience, fewer acute cases through stress, and
eliminating chronic long-term illness whenever possible and retaining talent within the sector to help stabilise the current staffing crisis.
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person centred, holistic and fun wellbeing pilot programmes and scaling them up to deliver for care heroes across the country. “The care sector loses its best people
every week. Our organisation aims to end this revolving door for employees by bringing greater meaning to their role and supporting employers to make meaningful, long-term changes to their circumstances,” said Richards (pictured).
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