Feilding Guild News Today

Residents outside the Mary Feilding Guild - Credit: Polly Hancock The final residents at Mary Feilding Guild are set to be moved out next week – despite the owner’s claims of “unsafe” levels of Legionella being disputed by health experts.   Highgate Care said it had been advised by Public Health England that the most recent sample scores of bacteria at the home – “over 100” – were “of concern” and that the safe level for a care home is zero.   But Public Health England tol...

Residents outside the Highgate care home - Credit: Polly Hancock Haringey Council says there is “no evidence of any cases of legionella infection” at Mary Feilding Guild.  The Highgate care home’s new owner, Mitesh Dhanak, claimed last week there was “widespread Legionella” at the facility, and that it was awaiting “urgent advice” on whether the home was safe to remain open.   Haringey Council confirmed Legionella was found in water samples, but Highgate councillor Liz Morris (L...

Last summer, when Marcus Rashford started his free school meals campaign, we set up our delivery service to families referred by their schools.  We hate to think of children going hungry and families struggling to put food on the table. So our volunteers contacted schools who then contacted the families they knew would benefit most from this service.  We delivered food parcels to local schools over the summer, issued vouchers for families to pick up food parcels and went on to deliver food to...

Highgate Care director Mitesh Dhanak (left) and Mary Feilding Guild residents (right) - Credit: Highgate Care/Polly Hancock The new owner of a Highgate care home says "widespread Legionella” could force him to close Mary Feilding Guild before the end of May.   Mitesh Dhanak, the director of Highgate Care, claims the bacteria is rife throughout the building – and that it is awaiting “urgent advice” from the Care Quality Commission and Public Health England on whether the home is safe to...

Resident Dr Jean Scott, 88, read a statement in front of her fellow residents - Credit: Polly Hancock Elderly care experts have made grave warnings over the impact of the sudden closure of Mary Feilding Guild on residents’ physical and mental health.   Sixteen pensioners have been told they must leave the home by the end of May, after the charitable trust sold the site to a private company, Highgate Care, on March 4.  An old age psychiatrist from Crouch End feared the shock of moving reside...

Residents and staff from Mary Feilding Guild, pictured in 2015 - Credit: Archant The new owner of a Highgate care home has been urged to delay its closure, after it told elderly residents to pack their bags.  Mary Feilding Guild (MFG) sold the residential home in North Hill to Highgate Care on March 4. Four days later, residents in their 80s, 90s and 100s were told the accommodation would shut on May 31.   The former, longstanding proprietor says the deal was completed on the “underst...