The boss of Shropshire’s largest not-for-profit care provider has raised concerns about the future funding of social care following the government’s U-turn on National Insurance payments and scrapping of the social care levy. The government announced today (Sep 23) as part of the Chancellor’s mini budget that it would be reversing the 1.25 percentage point…
Shropshire’s largest not-for-profit care provider has announced a second pay rise for its workforce to support them with rising household bills. The latest £1.5million investment represents the biggest pay increase to be awarded by Coverage Care Services and means every single employee will now earn more than £10 per hour, apart from apprentices. The company…
A Shropshire care home resident has become one of the last people in the UK to receive a 100th birthday card from the Queen. Mollie Blake celebrated her landmark birthday at Greenfields Care Home in Whitchurch on Monday, 12 September. She was humbled and saddened in equal measure to open her card from Queen Elizabeth…
Residents at a Shrewsbury care home have become some of the first in Shropshire to benefit from the use of cutting-edge digital healthcare technologies as part of a major new project being rolled out by the NHS. Montgomery House in Sundorne has been working in partnership with neighbouring GP surgery Severn Fields Medical Practice since…
A carer who started her career with Shropshire’s largest independent care provider has taken up the reins as manager of one of its homes. Sarah Evans is the new manager of Coverage Care’s Briarfields, a 43-bed home in Shrewsbury, which recently opened a new dedicated dementia unit for up to 12 people. Sarah has previously…
A new dedicated care unit for people living with dementia has opened at a Shrewsbury care home as part of a major plan to improve services across the county. The new unit at Briarfields care home in Belle Vue, Shrewsbury, will provide specialist dementia care for up to 12 residents. It is the first in…
The provision of long-term care for elderly people in a Shropshire market town has been secured after Coverage Care Services completed on the purchase of one of its long running sites. Coverage Care has operated as a tenant of The Cottage Christian home on Granville Road in Newport for the last 10 years. However, at…
At Coverage Care, our number one priority is the health and safety of residents, their families, and our staff. From the 15th March 2022 people working or volunteering in care homes are no longer required to have received a COVID-19 vaccine to enter the premises. Coverage Care believes that the vaccination remains our very best…
Coverage Care Services is on the lookout for its next generation of young carers. We are a not-for-profit organisation operating 12 care homes across Shropshire and we’re currently looking to recruit six new apprentices to join our team of professionals. Those successfully completing the 12-month long apprenticeship will be guaranteed a job and further career…
Shropshire’s largest independent care provider has appointed a new chief executive following the retirement of its long-standing CEO for the second time. Debbie Price has taken the reins from David Coull at Coverage Care Services, which operates 12 homes on a not-for-profit basis throughout Shropshire. She has stepped up to the role from operations director,…
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