News · 5 March 2021
NEW measures announced by the government mean that care homes residents will soon be able to enjoy more meaningful visits with loved ones. From Monday, 8 March, residents will be able to have regular indoor visits from one named person. Although Liverpool City Council no longer operates any care homes, only offering 24-hour care placements
News · 24 February 2021
The local NHS and Liverpool City Council are appealing to unpaid carers whose role currently isn’t recorded, to make themselves known so that they can have the Covid-19 vaccine. Anyone in Liverpool already identified as a carer in their GP records, those who receive Carer’s Allowance, or those known to Liverpool City Council or Liverpool
News · 16 February 2021
ALMOST 4,600 further people in Liverpool are to be added to the shielding list. The move has come after improved modelling has led to more people identified as clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) and therefore more susceptible to developing Covid-19. The people to be added will be contacted by email or letter starting today and advised
News · 12 February 2021
Liverpool City Council’s fostering service has received a record number of enquiries so far this year – believed to be as a result of changes in people’s circumstances due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Care · 4 February 2021
Two Liverpool care homes which were set to close are to remain open and will be transferred to another operator.
Covid-19 · 23 December 2020
Feedback wanted on Liverpool’s care home Covid-19 testing pilot
News · 10 December 2020
Liverpool residents are being asked to show their legendary generosity to make sure that some of our city’s most vulnerable young people have a present to open this Christmas.
Care · 4 December 2020
Yesterday, a pilot programme was launched that will pave the way for more meaningful indoor visits in care homes. Eleven homes are part of the Liverpool City Council-led programme that will see lateral flow tests (LFTs) being used to enable visits to take place without protective screens. Can I go to any test centre in
News · 2 December 2020
A TESTING pilot launches in Liverpool on 3 December which will pave the way for relatives to get closer to their loved ones during indoor care home visits. Staff at 11 homes in the city have been trained to give lateral flow tests (LFTs) as part of Liverpool’s wider community-testing pilot which will mean that
Covid-19 · 27 November 2020
Liverpool City Council has delayed the start of its pilot in which some relatives of care home residents will be able visit loved ones - without a screen - if they test negative with a Lateral Flow Covid-19 test on arrival for the visit.
Mayor · 30 September 2020
Liverpool City Council has struck a deal with Shaw Healthcare to keep Brushwood and Millvina Care Homes open until spring next year. The company announced in the summer that it could no longer keep operating the two homes due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In an update to a meeting of councillors this
Care · 22 September 2020
Liverpool City Council built the Brushwood and Millvina House facilities to provide quality, purpose-built residential care homes, and agreed to rent them out to Shaw Healthcare. Liverpool City Council does not run these care homes. Unfortunately, Shaw Healthcare has given the council provisional notice that they have decided to cease operating the care homes, and end
Care · 17 September 2020
Liverpool has successfully bid for £745,000 from the Government to help rough sleepers housed during the pandemic into permanent accommodation. The funding, from the ‘Everyone In’ programme, will be used by the council to support with securing tenancies and providing vulnerable people with household items to settle them into their new homes. Councillor Paul Brant,
Care · 16 September 2020
An adoptive family from Liverpool are featuring in a new national campaign which is being launched to encourage more people to consider adoption. Andy, Craig and their daughter star in the #YouCanAdopt campaign backed by the Department for Education which aims to debunk myths around adoption and find families for the almost 3,000 children that
Care · 15 September 2020
Liverpool City Council has reiterated that the decision to shut two care homes in the city is entirely down to the provider, Shaw Healthcare. Social care staff are now working to support residents into suitable alternative accommodation following the company’s announcement that it will close Brushwood in Speke and Millvina in Everton due to low
News · 27 August 2020
The following frequently asked questions follow the announcement last week that Brushwood and Millvina House care homes will close due to the economic impact of Covid-19: Posted 30 September 2020 Mayor Joe Anderson told a meeting of councillors that a deal had been struck with Shaw Healthcare to keep the homes open until next spring,
News · 21 August 2020
Two Liverpool care homes run by Shaw Healthcare are to close due to the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. A formal consultation has begun at Brushwood in Speke and Millvina House in Everton, and work is getting under way to identify new homes for residents to move to. Mike Smith, chief operating officer for
Uncategorized · 8 July 2020
Following comments by the Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the spread of Coronavirus in care homes cabinet member for health and social care Cllr Paul Brant, has issued this statement: “On Monday (6 July), the prime minister made some comments which implied that care providers’ practices were responsible for the spread of coronavirus in care
News · 19 May 2020
The operator of Liverpool’s 30 James Street Hotel has today been ordered to pay a £60,000 penalty after pleading guilty to four breaches of food safety and hygiene regulations in Liverpool Crown Court. A £34,000 fine (plus £26,877 in costs) results from inspections made in March and September 2018 by Liverpool City Council’s environmental health team,
News · 4 May 2020
CHILDREN’S social work teams in Liverpool will continue to have regular contact with young people being cared for by private fostering and residential care providers – despite the Government relaxing the law during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Coronavirus Act made changes to the Children Act that have relaxed quality assurance and requirements for monitoring private,
