Morris Care Celebrating Award Nominations
Staff from Morris Care Nursing Homes are celebrating after being shortlisted nine times for the prestigious 2011 Shropshire Care Awards.
Morris Care has secured places in the final in an impressive seven categories for the awards, run by Shropshire Partners in Care (SPIC), a non-profit organisation supporting the development of a sustainable and high quality social care sector in the areas of Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin.
The Morris Care group has been shortlisted in the ‘Healthy Eating’ category and ‘Infection Prevention and Control’; Morris Care was the only care provider in Shropshire to recently be awarded a gold Infection Prevention Control plaudit from Shropshire Primary Care Trust (PCT).
Oldbury Grange Nursing Home, Bridgnorth, is in the running for the ‘Health and Wellbeing’ award for its extensive and varied programme of activities, created for residents by their dedicated social life coordinator.
A further six individual members of staff from Morris Care’s Nursing Homes have been selected for awards including ‘Carer of the Year’ and ‘Nurse of the Year’.
Margaret Maudsley, Chief Executive of Morris Care said: “As one of Shropshire’s premier care providers, we pride ourselves on delivering exceptional levels of quality nursing care within the county.
“To be finalists for so many awards is an honour, and a reflection of the hard work and dedication that our staff put in to ensure the wellbeing of our residents.”
Winners of the Shropshire Care Awards will be announced at a glamorous awards ceremony to be held in Shrewsbury on Thursday 24th November.
Morris Care owns and runs six nursing homes in Shropshire and Cheshire, offering the very best in quality nursing care. For more information on Morris Care visit www.morriscare.co.uk.
