Willows Edge News Today

Support for the Willows Edge care home is growing.

Costs are set to go up above the rate of inflation for adult social care users in West Berkshire.

A petition has been launched to save a West Berkshire care home from council cuts.

The council’s pledge to support vulnerable people has been criticised, as it plans to close a care home for dementia patients to save money.

Hampshire County Council has refused to comment after 22 residents died at a Basingstoke care home. As reported by The Gazette, Pemberley House Care Home in Viables lost one-third of its residents to coronavirus following an outbreak this month. All 22 deaths have occurred since the outbreak was declared on January 5, 2021.  The Gazette contacted the county council in relation to the tragic news but the authority said it does not comment on cases involving individual private care homes...

Kathleen Kennedy Kathleen Kennedy died peacefully at her home surrounded by her family aged 94. Much loved Mother to Simon, Catherine and Josephine, Grandmother to Lucinda and Felicity and Great Grandmother to Arlo and Albie. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. We will have a small service at St. Marys due to current restrictions and plan for a memorial service in September. Donations in memory of Kathleen to Save The Children can be made using the following link - kathleenk...

More than 50 people have tested positive for the virus at the care home in Newbury (stock photo) MORE than 50 people have tested positive for Covid-19 at a care home in Newbury and nine have died following an outbreak. West Berkshire Council said 31 residents and 24 members of staff have tested positive at Willows Edge care home so far. According to the council, which runs the care home, nine of those residents died but the other 22 have made “a good recovery”. Only one member of s...

More than 50 people have tested positive for Covid-19 at the care home FIFTY-FOUR people have tested positive for Covid-19 during an outbreak at a care home in Newbury. West Berkshire Council says five people have died at Willows Edge since the first confirmed case on December 6 and three of those deaths were Covid-related. The council, which runs the care home, says it is working with Public Health England and the NHS to contain the outbreak, which has affected residents and members of st...

West Berkshire Council (WBC) is responding to several coronavirus cases at its Willows Edge home, Hutton Close. Five residents have died since the outbreak began, of which three have been confirmed as having the virus. Others remain unwell The first positive test was on December 6, and since then a number of staff and residents have tested positive. It is not yet known how the virus entered the care home despite the strict infection control measures that have been in place for some ti...