South Shields care home demonstrates high standards after receiving NHS Trust award
A South Shields care home has been hailed by the borough’s NHS Trust for its high standards.
Marine Park View Care Home, on Beach Road, in South Shields, has received the IPC Excellence Award from the South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust.
The Trust carried out audits at 52 care homes in Sunderland and 23 in South Tyneside as part of the award initiative.
It has been set up to acknowledge a care home that has shown its high quality infection prevention and control standards, with a view to create a safe, clean and caring environment for residents, staff, and visitors.
Members of the Trust’s IPC (Infection Prevention and Control) team also work to support wards and units at Sunderland Royal, South Tyneside District Hospital and Sunderland Eye Infirmary, as well as its other sites with efforts to stop infections from being spread.
All care homes in the Trust’s area are supported by the IPC team, who deliver regular face-to-face training to give staff the skills they need to prevent and deal with infections.
When speaking about Marine Park View, the IPC team said the care home “consistently demonstrated excellent IPC standards from an environmental and hand hygiene perspective.”
Allenore Azizi, one of the Senior Infection Prevention and Control Nurses with the Trust, said: “We would like to congratulate the care home team at Marine Park View on achieving the IPC Excellence Award and all those who put themselves forward for it.
“It is wonderful they take such pride in their work.
“This is a remarkable accomplishment for Marine Park View and a clear testament to its unwavering commitment in upholding infection prevention and control standards.
“The home’s dedication to creating a safe, clean, and caring environment for residents, staff and visitors is truly commendable.
“Achieving this recognition reflects not only the hard work and vigilance of the team, but also its leadership, which has prioritised health and safety at every level.
“Well done on this well-deserved success. I hope the team takes great pride in this achievement.”
Toni Carlin, the manager at the family-owned care home, has expressed her pride in her staff who have helped to deliver the award.
She commented: “I am proud of the staff who have worked closely to improve our infection control standards. It’s all down to the fact we all work as a team.
“To achieve this award as my first role as a manager is overwhelming, I had a little tear in my eye when I found out.
“We get lots of good comments from visitors, which is lovely. They feel the home is fresh and smells clean as soon as the door is open.
“Our residents have told us that they’re over the moon with home winning an award.
“One of them, who has lived here for over 18 years, said they were so pleased for us to win and says their room is always well looked after and that goes hand in hand with the fact the staff are lovely and caring.”
June Holmes, the home’s IPC Champion, has supported it improving cleaning records, infection control audits and reviewing updates from the Trust team.
She stated: “This is my first award for the home and I have worked here for over 30 years, I am so overjoyed.”
Senior staff member Kim Wylie added: “It’s such a good feeling, knowing we’re coming into the home when it’s so clean.
“I feel proud to see how far the home has come in infection control, with actions plans that support outbreaks effectively. This award makes us all proud.”
You can find out more about Marine Park View at: https://marineparkview.co.uk/.