Home Care Team receives Top National Award for end of life care

Bluebird Care Home Care Agency in Wiltshire North wins national award for providing Gold Standard palliative and end of life care

Bluebird Care Wiltshire North has been awarded a national Gold Standards Framework (GSF) Quality Hallmark Award in recognition of the way it cares for people at the end of life.

Bluebird Care Wiltshire North received the award at the GSF annual conference and awards ceremony on Friday 29th September at The Pendulum Hotel in Manchester - a celebration of the UK's best health and care providers for care in the final year of life. Bluebird Care Wiltshire North was one of the 117 organisations from across the country receiving the award in Manchester (seventy three care homes, four primary care teams, eleven domiciliary care agencies, thirteen retirement Villages, sixteen hospital wards and the first community nursing team).

Dr Nell Wyatt, Director of Bluebird Care Wiltshire North said: “We are so honoured to be able to support people and their families with truly compassionate care when they most need it, and I am so grateful to the whole team at Bluebird Care Wiltshire North for their commitment and excellence.

Our team has invested almost a year of unwavering effort in gaining comprehensive knowledge and practical experience in the field of palliative care.

We have extended our support to customers and their families across the community, while applying the GSF practical and evidence-based end-of-life care improvement programme. Our dedicated team are motivated to provide the highest possible standard of care. Being awarded the Gold Standard Accreditation recognises the passion, professionalism and excellent care provided by our team who justifiably feel very proud of achieving this prestigious award”. Julie Armstrong-Wilson, Chief Operating Officer for GSF said:

“Congratulations to all the organisations who have successfully achieved accreditation and in receipt of the Quality Hallmark Award this year. The care and compassionate culture that has been observed is truly inspiring, this shows a commitment to ensuring people receive the right care at the right time and the positive impact this has on the people cared for and their families.

Listening to what matters most to each and every individual and delivering care in accordance with their goals, wishes and preferences is what everyone should receive. Within the awards there are a number of organisations that have demonstrated their sustainability of GSF multiple times with one of the homes achieving GSF Accreditation five times.

The GSF team are so very proud of all our Award Winners, with our ageing population it is so important we enable them to live well and when the time comes deliver quality care in their final year / days of life, well done to you all!”

GSF provides end of life care training and accreditation for frontline staff in health and social care, to enable a ‘gold standard’ of care for people nearing end of life.

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