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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 told this newspaper no samples above 100 have been reported in recent water sample testing at the care home. Highgate Care has come under fire for announcing its closure of the home – now renamed Highgate House – when it took over in March. It told 16 residents aged between 85 and 104 they had to find a new home by the of end of May. ....
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 (Lib Dem) challenged the new owner’s failure to mention the bacteria, until now. The nursing home was sold by Mary Feilding Guild, a charitable trust, to Highgate Care, a private company, on March 4. ....
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 more than 200 families in Haringey and Barnet over Christmas and again during this last lockdown. In the year up to the end of February 2020, we had distributed just over 34,000kg of food to 1,690 families, including 2,285 adults and 1,114 children. At the end of February 2021, that’s increased to 44,650kg of food to 1,973 families, including 2,748 adults and 1,877 children. ....
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 remain open. Sixteen pensioners aged between 85 and 104 were given less than three months to find a new home after being told by the new owner to pack their bags by the end of May. ....