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CAP Award Programme grows by 38%

January 30th, 2012

With the CAP Programme delivering real, verified ’added-value’ to it’s client services in 2011, the reputation of the scheme has spread with 2012 already seeing clients’ commitments to join the programme increase by 38%.  As a client from the West Midlands said ‘the Award (CAP Programme) provides you with the tools to establish processes and procedures which result in [...]

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Mater Private Hospital’s catering department excels

January 5th, 2012

The Mater Private Hospital in Dublin gained the GOLD CAP AWARD in December 2011.  The department scored consistently high across the assessment categories with the overall quality of the service shining through.  Congratulations to the Catering Team at the Mater Private

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Double Gold for Healthcare

November 12th, 2011

GOLD CAP Awards were claimed by both the catering and housekeepingdepartments at Bon Secours Tralee.  An impressive performance was delivered by both departments with their qualitative and financial ‘scores’ marking the achievement of GOLD across the CAP criteria.  Across the scoring categories including food service / tasting, cleanliness, HACCP, staff development, infection control, ‘value for [...]

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Bishop’s Stortford College have the golden glow

October 20th, 2011

Bishop’s Stortford College is celebrating the receipt of a CAP Award in recognition of the excellence of its catering department. Bishop’s Stortford College received the Gold ‘Continuous Advancement Programme’ or CAP Award and in turn became the first school in East Anglia to gain the Gold Award.  In recognision of their achievement, the Catering Team were presented with [...]

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Abbotsholme School strike GOLD

September 16th, 2011

The Catering Department at Abbotsholme School have begun the new term in style.  Having achieved the BRONZE CAP AWARD in 2010, the team backed themselves for this year’s assessment and went for the unannounced visit knowing that this was the only way to achieve the GOLD AWARD that they wanted.  On the 14th September 2011, they [...]

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Housekeeping Team celebrate

July 22nd, 2011

The Housekeeping Team at Oakham School have been celebrating their CAP Award with a photo opportunity and a team gathering.  It marked the end of a successful school year both in and out of the classroom

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Stafford Grammar School excel

June 18th, 2011

In June, the Catering Department at Stafford Grammar School invited the CAP Assessment team to undertake an assessment of their service, practices and qualitative processes.  With the visit being announced, the top award available was the SILVER.  We are delighted to say that the department achieved this standard and have already set their sights on an [...]

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Blackrock Clinic achieve their ‘SILVER CAP’

May 24th, 2011

The Blackrock Clinic has achieved their ‘SILVER CAP’ for their Catering Services.  This is the highest CAP Award that can be achieved for an announced assessment.  The department can be proud of their achievement and look to progress towards the attainment of a GOLD CAP via an un-announced assessment visit.  With the JCI visits due shortly, [...]

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CQC to use the CAP Award within their Quality and Risk Profiles

April 9th, 2011

The CQC statement reads ‘Where available, information provided by the Provision Continuous Advancement Programme (the CAP Award) to CQC will be included in the Quality and Risk Profile that CQC holds for each registered provider. Quality and Risk Profiles are used by CQC staff to identify potential areas of compliance and non compliance with meeting the essential [...]

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Oakham School reach the peak

March 29th, 2011

Oakham School’s Housekeeping Department achieved the highest CAP Award rating for an announced visit.  The Silver Award was gained in early March.  The Bursar commented ‘an excellent tool to enable expert and impartial identification of strengths and weaknesses, providing clear guidelines on areas for improvement’.  The Gold CAP Award which can only be gained via [...]

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