Member of Parliament Robert Goodwill visited Peregrine House, the constituency’s premier residential care home, and presented owners Dr. Kevin and Teresa O’Sullivan with an Excellence in Care Standard award on Tuesday.
Dave Allen, Dr Kevin O’Sullivan and MP Robert Goodwill
Speaking during his visit to the home on 6th August, Mr Goodwill chatted with many of the residents, relatives and relatives staff gathered in the home’s newly refurbished lounge. He observed
“The first impression on walking in to Peregrine House is that it’s clean and fresh, with an air of busy-ness about the place. There is clearly tremendous compassion in the way the residents are treated. It’s good to have a home like this in the area where relatives can be assured that the residents are cared for better than they could be in their own homes.”
Peregrine House is the first care home in the country to be presented with the Excellence in Care Standard. A new accreditation, it is a national and international benchmark for recognising care establishments which can demonstrate commitment to continuous improvement. Homes achieving the standard are recognised as providing superlative care over and above regulatory compliance.
Dave Allan, Managing Director of Excellence Squared Ltd who own and developed the standard was also present on the day and said:
Dr Kevin O’Sullivan with the Excellence in Care Standard Award
“Many congratulations to the team at Peregrine House on achieving the high levels of performance distinguished by the Excellence in Care Standard. It was confirmed by all the people interviewed by the EiCS Assessor that Peregrine House truly is a great place to live and a rewarding working environment for the staff”.
Attaining the new standard further endorses the Peregrine House collection of awards and accolades, including the 2013 Care Home Registered Manager of the Year award won by Alison Bedford at the annual Great British Care Awards ceremony in London this spring.