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25 April 2023

Covid Update: Lateral Flow Tests No Longer Required

As of the 28th April WCS Care will no longer require staff and visitors to take lateral flow tests before coming into our care homes, which puts us in line with government guidance. We would like to t...

31 March 2023

WCS receives Top 20 Award for the second year in a row

WCS Care values comments and feedback to help improve the quality of our services, and therefore are delighted to have been named one of the Top 20 Mid-Size Care Home Groups in the carehome.co.uk awar...

30 March 2023

Extension of testing requirements in our homes

Thank you for supporting our decision to continue testing before coming into our care homes. Tests this past month have continued to successfully pick up infections prior to spread in the care ho...

21 February 2023

Update to mask wearing and testing requirements in our homes

Thank you for supporting our decision to wear masks and take LFD tests, since the Government’s change in policy at Christmas for care homes to risk assess this going forward. From the 22nd February ...

9 February 2023

Caring Times' visit to Woodside Care Village

Lee Peart from Caring Times, visited Woodside Care Village in Warwick recently to meet our team and find out more about the home. Find out more about why he wrote that 'with so much innovation and bes...

24 January 2023

Extension of mask wearing and testing requirements in our homes

Following our decision to continue to use masks, and reintroduce testing over the Christmas and New Year period, we have decided that with the continued level of community infections, the limited ca...

30 December 2022

Woodside Care Village Noted as Pioneer in Person-Centred Care

Woodside Care Village in Warwick has been featured in The Guardian as 'a pioneer in person-centred care.' Find out what The Guardian's Social Affairs Correspondent Robert Booth had to say about the ho...

31 October 2022

Student researches use of robots in care

In 2016 Coventry University launched their Data Driven Research and Innovation (DDRI) Programme, led by Mark Collinson, the University’s Director of Strategic Developments in collaboration with Prof...