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HICA Care Homes MD Wins National Award
Ty Platten, Managing Director of the HICA Group’s Care Homes Division, has beaten representatives of some of the UK’s biggest independent healthcare providers to win a prestigious national award.
Ty won the Management Excellence Award category in the Laing & Buisson Independent Healthcare Awards. The Awards showcase professional skills, management leadership, excellence and spirit of enterprise in the independent healthcare social care sectors.
Commenting on Ty’s success, the judges said: “With a remit that requested the development of a quality business model, Ty set about balancing the conflicting demands of what this meant in reality: serving a not-for-profit organisation that is accountable to an elected board of managers and entrusted to an employed board of directors and managing a commercially viable business. He achieved this balance with outstanding results: occupancy now remains at 90%; EBITDAR has grown from 18% to 22%; and 76% of homes are now rated ‘good’ and 24% are rated ‘excellent’, compared to 15% ‘adequate’ and 85% ‘good’.”
Ty, who joined the HICA Group two and a half years ago as Director of Care Homes, was promoted to Managing Director within 18 months as a direct result of his achievements. These include enhanced care home environments, incorporating award-winning designs for dementia care, improved staff training, superior nutrition, specialised menus for people with dementia, the introduction of new quality and compliance procedures, improvements to occupational activities and clear leadership.
HICA Chief Executive Andrew Stow said: ”It was a real achievement for Ty to become a finalist but then to go on and win the national award when he was competing against representatives of some of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK is outstanding. Ty was up against not only people in our own care sector but also those in the much wider healthcare industry. This is the first time in many years that someone from a smaller organisation has challenged the big names to win this award.”
Ty said: “I’m delighted to have gained the award because it highlights the outstanding progress that the Care Homes Division has made and continues to make in ensuring that we provide the best possible care and the best possible facilities.”
HICA Care Homes operates 26 care homes throughout Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, meeting the needs of over 900 residents.