Staff at Malpas's Prospect House Nursing Home are celebrating after receiving a national award at the National Gold Standards Framework (GSF) in Care Homes Quality Hallmark Awards.

The awards, last month, have recognised the high quality of end of life care provided to residents at the home in the High Street.

The home has progressed from ‘beacon’ to ‘platinum’ GSF status achieving its third GSF accreditation after continually meeting the stringent GSF standards since 2009 and is one of the first homes in Cheshire to achieve this status.

Caroline Rowland, matron of Prospect House for the last 30 years, admitted her delight at achieving the status and was full of praise for her staff.

"The GSF is recognised as the kitemark of best practice in care homes," she said.

"[It's] helping individuals and their families to identify homes delivering high quality care and a ‘Gold Standard of care for people in their golden years.

"We are delighted to have been awarded this prestigious award.

"We have always prided ourselves on the excellent care we provide and GSF has helped us formalise this taking our care to the next level, ensuring that residents receive the high quality care they want in their chosen place as they face the last stage of their lives.

"All the staff at Prospect House contribute to the achievement of this award treating all residents with the utmost dignity and respect.

"I am so grateful to my team for their continual hard work and dedication."

The GSF, supported by Age UK, started in 2004 and helps homes to improve the quality of care provided to residents as they near the end of their lives, preventing inappropriate hospital admissions, assisting the NHS with hospital bed management and enabling more people to remain at home according to their preferred wishes.

The award was presented by Professor Martin Green, chief executive of Care England to Caroline Rowland and senior carer, Wendy Williams, at a special ceremony in London held on September 28.

For more information on the services provided, call 01948 860011 or visit www.prospecthousemalpas.co.uk