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Birtley House Care Home residents using technology to talk with love ones from the comfort of their own room

Posted 16th November 2020·

Experts in Skype & video calls

Pat enjoys regular video calls with her family Lockdown 1.0 certainly brought some new challenges in quickly having to adapt…

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Family social family visiting during covid19 with walker down in front of Birtley House Nursing Home wearing blue covid19 mask

Posted 10th November 2020·

Lockdown 2.0… we’ve got this!

This time around we are much more prepared, and a little less anxious as we have a good idea what…

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Elderly female resident at nursing home sitting at a table with paperwork and member of staff with covid19 mask on in the bright dining room with patio doors

Posted 5th November 2020·

One-to-one’s with our new Well-being Companion

Increasingly popular this year, and more necessary than ever are the one-to-one sessions we have facilitated for our Residents. These…

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Birtley House Core Values represented in a tree form

Posted 16th October 2020·

K.I.P.A

Kindness, Integrity, Positivity, Adaptability Our Core Values which are at the centre of everything we do. We have always operated…

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Posted 16th September 2020·

Channel 5 interview Birtley on Covid-19 testing

Channel 5 news visited Birtley House yesterday to find out about first hand experiences of failings with the Covid-19 testing…

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Carers and nurses in masks showing negative covid 19 LAT flow tests in staff room

Posted 9th September 2020·

Self Care September

We’re encouraging ‘Self Care September’ here at Birtley House. We recognise that as humans, we cannot pour from an empty…

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Whalley Family holding 75 years care awards

Posted 3rd September 2020·

Celebrating 75 years at Birtley House

Last week we proudly celebrated 75 years of providing care to the elderly on the Birtley Estate. A truly lovely…

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Simon Whalley being interviewed on ITV News

Posted 11th August 2020·

Birtley House on ITV News

Last week the government announced news of a new Coronavirus testing kit which will deliver results in 90 minutes. Delivery…

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Posted 21st June 2020·

CQC review of Birtley throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic

How has Birtley House Nursing Home Managed and adapted to the Covid-19 Pandemic? – CQC provided a report on their…

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Posted 19th June 2020·

Family visits resume

We are absolutely delighted, that visits from family members could resume last week. Still, with social distancing measures in place…

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Posted 18th June 2020·

“One of the nicest places I have ever worked”

At the beginning of Covid-19 we knew we would need to recruit extra staff to make sure we could provide…

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Posted 2nd June 2020·

We all test negative for Covid-19!

We are delighted to report that we have been able to secure more than enough tests for all Staff and…

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The Birtley House Blog

Stay informed with the latest Birtley news and updates from our care team through our blog.

Experts in Skype & video calls

Lockdown 2.0… we’ve got this!

One-to-one’s with our new Well-being Companion

K.I.P.A

Channel 5 interview Birtley on Covid-19 testing

Self Care September

Celebrating 75 years at Birtley House

Birtley House on ITV News

CQC review of Birtley throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic

Family visits resume

“One of the nicest places I have ever worked”

We all test negative for Covid-19!

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