The staff at Robert Harvey House have received a generous donation from the family of Sue, which will be divided equally between the staff and welfare funds. This is in addition to a previous donation to the BCOP charity.
Sue spent the last 2 years of her life with us. She held strong religious beliefs and .. Read More
In her introduction to the report, CEO Professor Oonagh Smyth writes:
On the face of it, there are plenty of reasons to be cheerful in this report. The adult social care workforce is the biggest it has been since we started counting, vacancy and turnover rates are down – and the gender balance in the workforce .. Read More
The National Care Forum (NCF) – the leading association for not-for-profit social care is delighted to announce that Professor Vic Rayner OBE, Chief Executive Officer of the National Care Forum as become the incoming chair of the Care Provider Alliance (CPA), the coalition of national voices of adult social care providers in England, for 2024/25.
Vic’s .. Read More
Families, friends and local communities were warmly welcomed to our summer garden fetes and enjoyed entertainment, stalls, refreshments and fun activities.
In case you missed them, here are some photos and videos taken on the days.
Our heartfelt thanks to everybody who supported us, as we raised money towards our sensory gardens appeal. Many people donated tombola .. Read More
We recently took part in the Birmingham NHS IPC Champions competition. They asked local care homes to take part in the 2024 World Hand Hygiene celebration, by getting people to “notice your notice boards”.
The organisers said a huge thank you to all the IPC Champions that submitted a picture. They notice some incredible, informative and .. Read More
An early start
I never like the sound of the alarm in the morning, but it seemed shriller an hour and a half earlier than usual. In my day-to-day role, unless there’s a meeting planned, it doesn’t really matter if I’m held up a few minutes by traffic as I can just add any missed time .. Read More
At BCOP we’re always careful to follow best practice in infection control, so we were very happy to receive a donation of sanitising screen wipes from Paul Fairhurst, MD at Protectology.
These products were developed for hospital use and offer protection from spreading germs present on mobile phones and Nourish handset touchscreens for 10 days. The .. Read More
