Welcome to John Wonnacott from the Macmillan Unit, Antrim

As part of Palliative Care Week, we welcomed John Wonnacott Spiritual Palliative Care Chaplain in the Macmillan Unit Antrim, to discuss the importance of spiritual care for residents with Palliative and End of life care needs. A big thank you to John for sharing his wisdom and insights during our discussion.

Delighted to Welcome Adeleine Carey to our Management Team at Hutchinson Care Homes

We are delighted to welcome Adeleine Carey to our management team here at Hutchinson Care Homes as she takes on the role of Junior Operations Manager. Adeleine joins us with a First Class Honours from Liverpool John Moores University in Business Management  and more recently form Royal Haskoning DHV  a leading global consulting engineering company […]

Congratulations to our newly qualified nurses from Hutchinson Care Homes

Yesterday John D’arcy, director of The Open University joined us in celebrating our 5 recently qualified nurses. Though Jacqueline and Sarah Jane have only recently qualified, Tara, Lorna and Catriona all qualified in the past 3 years, so we were delighted finally to be able to celebrate their success after being unable to do so […]

Happy Retirement Brian!

Hutchinson Care Homes are very sad to say goodbye to Brian Hanna, who has been providing award winning training to our staff for 25 years. Brian has been a big part of the Hutchinson Care Home family for a long time and though we will miss, we wish him a very happy retirement! Thank you […]

Sarah Jane and Jacqueline from Massereene Manor Receive Open University Acclaim

As Craig Revel Horwood, Strictly Come Dancing judge might say….A…MAZING ! We think it is FAB ….U…  LOUS…. Sarah Jane Bones and Jacqueline Hill, Care Assistants at Masserene Manor have both received recognition of excellence as students in The Open University’s class of 2023. Both started working as care assistants in Massereene Manor in 2011, […]

Congratulations to Sharon Smyth on her Independent Sector Nursing Award at RCN NI Awards 2022

Hutchinson Care Homes Nurse wins Independent Sector Nursing Award at RCN NI Awards 2022. Sharon Smyth, Community Services Lead, has been recognised for her input and efforts as a key member of the Hutchinson Care Homes Group. Eddie Kerr, Managing Director Hutchinson Care Homes, commented: “Having been an instrumental part of many elements of the […]

Christmas Cheer and Cheering…

Hutchinson Care Homes are pleased to announce that the Recognition Payment for staff in the independent care sector is becoming a reality for its staff. Following the issuing of an explanation document and electronic forms to claim this on behalf of our staff the admin team led by our Finance Director, Iris Hume, were set […]

Hutchinson Care Homes Welcomes SAS: Who Dares Wins Winner Connor Smyth

Members of the management team of Hutchinson Care Homes had an opportunity to benefit from the experiences of SAS: Who Dares Wins reality TV show winner Connor Smyth at a recent managers meeting and lunch. Connor who is from Newtownards is a renowned Irish Dancer and had been performing in the touring version of Lord […]

First Vaccine Doses Administered at Glenkeen House

Tuesday 15th December marked an amazing day for Glenkeen Nursing Home where all staff and residents got the Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine. The Pfizer’s Vaccine was released into Northern Ireland and everyone at Hutchinson Care Homes wasted no time to receive the vaccine so we can try and get back to a type of normality again. […]

Investing in Our People!

Hutchinson Care Homes continue to develop and prepare for the future of the company and are pleased to make an announcement about some changes to its leadership team structure. In making the announcement to the managers of the group yesterday Janet Montgomery introduced Eddy Kerr as the new Managing Director, Iris Hume as the Finance […]