News

Residents from our Braintree care home took part in an eight-hour relay with children and churchgoers from the local community to raise over £1,000 for India as the country grapples with the Covid-19 outbreak. Read More

Judges of a prestigious national award recognising exceptional quality of care for those in the later stages of their lives have praised the compassionate teams at two Braintree care homes for ‘going the extra mile’ with their residents. Read More

A Braintree great, great grandmother celebrated her 106th birthday in style, with singing, a special cake and stories about her childhood in north Essex. Read More

The team at The New Deanery care home are delighted with the results of the our most recent independent residents and relatives survey. Read More

 The New Deanery has received a national award for the quality of its care for residents in the later stages of their lives as part of the National Gold Standards Framework (GSF) award.

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Last week The New Deanery was subject to a Thematic Review’ inspection by CQC. We were one of 300 care homes in the UK chosen as part of CQC’s work to understand how care homes are dealing with the  Coronavirus pandemic, and the visit focussed purely on this.

They picked us because we have, so far, kept the virus at bay.

Their findings were as follows:

• They were assured that the provider was preventing visitors from catching and spreading infections.
• They were assured that the provider was meeting shielding and social distancing rules.
• They were assured that the provider was admitting people safely to the service.
• They were assured that the provider was using PPE effectively and safely.
• They were assured that the provider was accessing testing for people using the service and staff.
• They were assured that the provider was promoting safety through the layout and hygiene practices of the premises.
• They were assured that the provider was making sure infection outbreaks can be effectively prevented or managed.
• They were assured that the provider’s infection prevention and control policy was up to date.