Coverage Care's homes and care at home win at Shropshire Care Awards

Coverage Care Services Ltd has been named Care Business of the Year at the prestigious Shropshire Care Awards.

Directors and staff at the company are celebrating as three of the company's 16 homes also scooped honours at the awards ceremony which featured special guests including celebrities from Channel 4's Hollyoaks.

The ceremony is organised by Shropshire Partners in Care and celebrates the achievements of individuals, teams and providers who are responsible for looking after thousands of older and vulnerable people in the county.

Coverage Care also saw its Care at Home team recognised, with employee Lisa Marsh receiving the Domiciliary Care Carer of the Year award.

Chief executive of Coverage Care, David Coull, said: “We are thrilled to have been so successful at the Shropshire Care Awards, which recognised not only the hard work and dedication of our own staff but also the whole care sector in our region.

“The commitment shown by our staff to the people we care for is something we see every day but we are delighted that their individual and team achievements have been publicly honoured in this way.

“Often carers are unsung heroes and the Shropshire Care Awards is a fantastic event which allows us all to thank them for their sensitivity in the way they deal with those they look after, and highlights the work being done in the social care sector.

“To be named Care Business of the Year is a great honour and the credit goes to all our staff, from those based at head office to the hundreds of carers working in our homes across the county.”

Coverage Care’s Woodcroft Care Home in Market Drayton was awarded the top honour in the Team Award category and the company's Barleyfield House in Shrewsbury won the Infection Prevention and Control Award.

The company’s Fairholme care home in Oswestry received the Healthy Eating Award.