Care home staff in Audlem have been given a 11% pay rise for their work during the Covid pandemic.
Morris Care group of nursing homes has awarded all its front-line care teams the rise, including at Corbrook Park nursing home in Audlem.
Bosses say it is in response to their input throughout the pandemic and takes pay for all frontline carer roles above the living wage.
Lucy Holl, Chief Executive of the family-run care home group, said: “After the extraordinary 18 months we have all endured in the social care sector, we are deeply proud of the courage and dedication of our teams.
“The unprecedented degree of continuous change has been far from easy but our teams have been just amazing and consistently pulled together.
“As a family-run business, we are delighted to be able to make agile decisions and have moved forward the annual rate review from April next year to ensure this pay rise takes immediate effect.
“It is just one way of us saying thank you for everything you do to our highly skilled teams.
“We are now also reviewing other roles within our Homes.”
Morris Care operates six nursing homes in Cheshire and Shropshire, employing 530 nurses, carers and other key support staff.
