Winston Churchill – February 2022

Many, including myself, regard Winston Churchill as the greatest leader of the 20th century because of his tremendous ability to inspire people; his relentless passion; his winning mentality and undoubted resolve to achieve his desired outcomes.

If we aspire to embrace these virtues in everything we do we will be motivated to inspire our colleagues and drive meaningful outcomes for people. Whilst, I believe, I have always been driven by these qualities it is vitally important that all employees of Hale Place are inspired down the same highway, we travel together or not at all.

Positively changing lives requires harmony, cooperation and motivation from family members, care workers, health care professionals and management, I believe we all have the resolve to achieve desired outcomes for people within our care.

I know we are relentless in our quest to improve lives, to achieve better outcomes for everyone, that’s how we have won 17 national awards and been finalist in another 13, far more than any other care home in England.

We are all valued, respected by our health colleagues for the outstanding work we do and revered by our competitors. However, this reputation has been hard earned and can be easily lost which is why we must not take our foot off the gas, we will not slow down and I will continue to commit to a challenging improvement programme for the benefit of the service users.

I have always been driven to deliver a service that gives meaning to the lives of vulnerable people, to be a premier provider that makes a real difference requires great resolve and relentless passion. I observe these virtues within the whole management and staff team, our service users happiness is paramount and always will be.