We are pleased to announce the winners of the WMCA 2020
Excellence in Care Awards.

Congratulations to all the winners, those shortlisted and everyone who was nominated

WMCA

Excellence in

Care Awards 2020

Excellence in Care Award:

COVID Heroes

Debbie Rowley

St Giles Nursing Home

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Irram Ali

Careview Services

Esmena Freckleton

Asprey Court Care Home

We introduced this award to recognise some of the amazing work that has been done during he COVID 19 crisis. We intended to pick a winner but as more and more nominations came through we realised it was an impossible task.

We therefore decided to draw one of the nominees names at random to win, recognising that we could never pick one person as a 'COVID Hero' as all Adult Social Care staff have been 'Heroes' during this crisis.

Winner of the draw

Debbie Rowley

St Giles Nursing Home

Runners Up

Esmena Freckleton

Asprey Court

Iram Ali

Careview Services

Nominated

Abigail Caseley
Castlehill Specialist Care Centre
Catriona O'Malley
Deanna Forrest
Debbie Rowley
Elizabeth Ballinger
Elsa Chung
Emma Bradley
Emma Roberts
Emma Weston
Esmena Freckleton
Faisal Zaman
Helen Wilcox
Indi Johal
Irram Ali
Jayne Dale
Jeni Woodall
Jill Burton
Judy Williams
Kam Kaur

Kane Csepreghy
Karen Harvey
Lee Cowdell
Lorendana Scinti
Mary Heap
Michelle Ward
Miryam Naz
Nikita Jones
Sabia Khan
Samantha Bradley
Sammy O'Sullivan
Sherril Donaldson
Sonia Thomas
Steven Savage
Tracy Burt
Uzma Zaman
Valley Court Care Home Staff
Wendy Noons
Sherbourne Grange Care Home Staff

Excellence in Care Award:

Carer

Winner

Jayne Cooper

Bluebird Care (Dudley)

Runners Up

Warwick Aldwinkle

Austen Court: Restful Homes Group

Leanne Foley

Cheshire Care

Excellence in Care Award:

Registered Manager

Winner

Natalie Ward

Bryden Care

Runners Up

Emma Roberts

ELR Home Care

Shiny Varkey

Lavender Court Care Home

Excellence in Care Award:

Newcomer

Winner

Nathan Allen

Home Instead (Wolverhampton)

Runners Up

Katie Wilson

Bluebird Care (Dudley)

Venessa Callum

Nu:Gen Care

Excellence in Care Award:

Other Support Staff

Cooks, Garden Staff, Administrators, Activity Coordinators, Maintenance etc

Winner

Stephen Cartwright

Eversleigh Care Centre

Runners Up

Abigail Biddle

Asprey Court Care Home: Restful Homes Group

Gillian Lovatt

Cheshire Care Services

Excellence in Care Award:

Activities Co-ordinator

Winner

Susan Leverton

Freetime Care Services

Runners Up

Mauricette Gou Doe

Intouch Care Solutions

Ann Watson

Asprey Court: Restful Homes Group

Excellence in Care Award:

Volunteer

Winner

Matthew Jenkins

Asprey Court: Restful Homes Group

Excellence in Care Award:

Outstanding Contribution to Care Award

In 1984 the Care Industry changed, and the emphasis was on Local Authorities to support the Care Homes. However initially they did not have any ideas of how to do this.

David and his wife (who was a Nurse) were one of the first Providers to set up a Care Home Wychbury in Stourbridge and put into place policies and procedures to ensure their staff knew how to look after there residents safely and sensitively.

Once Wychbury was working well, David went about supporting other Care Homeowners to share best practice and give practical advice at a time when there was none. Providers came to Wychbury to see what they did and discuss ideas. Soon they started to meet regularly and so was born, the Care Association, made up of 25 Care Homes, most are still members today. David was the initial president which continued for the next 10 years and he continued to offer his support after that.

David left the Care Industry for a while to live in Ireland, but now he’s back with renewed enthusiasm for Care and Wychbury, which is run now by his children, Daniel, Adam and Sara.

This Association was the start of the West Midlands Care Association and our aim of ‘A quality Care Service for a fair fee’.

We would like to award David this year's Oustanding Contribution to Care Aware for his work in Care, in Dudley, the West Midlands and to the Care Association