Food award served up to Shrewsbury care home
A care home in Shrewsbury has won an award for the innovative and fun ways it encourages residents to eat well.
Category: Health and Care
Home maintenance manager hangs up his tools
The maintenance manager of a Telford care home has finally hung up his tools 13 years after taking up the role as a ‘retirement’ job.
New contracts support healthy outlook for building contractor
A building contractor has secured contracts worth more than £1.5m across the health sector in Shropshire, Mid and North Wales.
Animal magic for care home residents
Care provider supports call for clearer pet policies The Chief Executive of Shropshire’s leading not-for-profit care provider has welcomed a call for more residential homes to implement a pet policy to make the transition into care an easier process for...
Recruitment drive to support new care team
Shropshire’s leading independent care provider has begun a recruitment drive to support the launch of a new peripatetic team to work at homes across the county.
Birthday celebrations for 104 year old Gladys
A Telford great grandmother who has lived through two World Wars, 20 Prime Ministers, three Kings and one Queen, has celebrated her 104th birthday. Her only son Roy and daughter-in-law Sandra, grandchildren, step grandchildren and great grandchildren joined Gladys for...
Turf cut on new £8m care home for Shrewsbury
A ceremony has been held to mark the start of work on Shrewsbury’s new £8m care home. The 90-room residential and nursing home is being built on the site of the former TA centre, on Sundorne Road, by Shropshire’s largest...
Marches companies scoop prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise
Two Marches companies are celebrating after scooping a prestigious 2015 Queen’s Award for Enterprise.
Demolition work gets under way on site of new Shrewsbury care home
Work has begun to demolish the former Territorial Army centre in Shrewsbury to make way for a multi-million pound care home with nursing facilities.