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Immediate action has been taken by Virgin Care to fulfil recommendations made by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following an unannounced inspection at Skelmersdale Walk-in Centre, based at Concourse Shopping Centre.

Julie Andrews, Virgin Care’s Service Complaints Manager, Norfolk Prison Service, was named ‘Professional of the Year’ at the recent Patient Experience Network National Awards (PENNA) ceremony.

The new partnership between Lancashire County Council and Virgin Care which launches today (1 April 2019) will see the Health Visiting and School Nursing services across Lancashire transformed over the next 3 years but schools, families and other residents are being reassured that services continue to operate through the launch.

Ofsted has published a complimentary report following its first monitoring visit to The Learning Enterprise (TLE), Virgin Care’s training and development arm.

Braintree MP James Cleverly recently visited Church Lane Surgery to witness the improvements that Virgin Care has been making to the service at the GP practice.

The team applied for the award in recognition of their teledermatology service which is helping ensure that their service users feel the difference and have been shortlisted in the Dermatology category for The BMJ (British Medical Journal) Awards 2019.

Representatives from our Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service (ECFWS) and Essex County Council attended a Family Hubs Conference at Dean’s Yard, Westminster on 14 February to share good practice with Commissioners and providers from across the country.

The Luton Intermediate CareRehabilitation Service (LICRS) became a registered distributor of Luton Foodbank (LFB) Vouchers in November 2018

Jayne Pattison has just been recruited onto Virgin Care’s Nursing Degree Apprenticeship run in partnership with Greenwich University.

Elly is a Healthcare Assistant at Farnham Hospital and is currently undertaking an Assistant Practitioner Apprenticeship.

Lisa Edwards is completing an apprenticeship as a Senior Health Care Support Worker in the Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service run by Virgin Care in partnership with Barnardo’s.

Jayne is currently completing the Customer Service Practitioner Apprenticeship whilst working as an administrator in The Learning Enterprise, Virgin Care’s training and development arm, and is based at Milward House in Keynsham, Somerset.