A NURSE who launched a care business with her husband has been honoured with two awards at the Great British Care Awards regional finals.

Fiona and John Leggott, from Northallerton, set up Blossom House Care Ltd in 2015 to help elderly people live independent lives in their own homes for as long as possible.

Since then the business has flourished and now employs over 60 staff in two locations, Northallerton and Tadcaster, visiting clients who are, more often than not, rurally based.

The Outstanding Contribution to Social Care Award was presented to the individual who, in the judge’s opinion, had made a long-term outstanding contribution to social care.

Mrs Leggott's contribution was demonstrated in her commitment to the social care industry, her passion for high standards of care and co-founding Blossom Home Care while still working as a practice nurse and occasionally work bank shifts in local hospitals.

She said: "I am really proud to have been recognised in this way and would like to say thank you to everyone that supports us, our managers and carers and those that use our service."

“Our clients, many of them in outlying farming areas of the county, depend upon seeing our carers for a minimum of 50 minutes per visit and we will not reduce our commitment to them in order to stretch our resources” added Fiona.

It was an Award Winning evening for Blossom Home Care who, as well as winning the Outstanding Contribution Award, also won the Palliative Carer Award presented to the team who best demonstrated their caring support to someone who is at the end of their life.

The Blossom Team were also nominated for a number of other awards on the night which was held at the Gosforth Park Hotel in Newcastle. One of a series of regional events held throughout the UK The Great British Care Awards and are a celebration of excellence across the care sector. Blossom Home Care are certainly celebrating picking up their Regional Awards and, as a result, being shortlisted for the national awards that take place in Birmingham in March 2020.

Blossom Home Care can be contacted by email at hello@blossomhomecare.co.uk, or through the website www.blossomhomecare.co.uk.