The right time to upgrade your phone system
Now more than ever, your care home communications are critical. But things are changing in the world of telecoms, and your existing telephony solution might become obsolete soon. What’s happening and which care homes will be affected? BT Openreach has announced it intends to switch off traditional landlines in 2025, more commonly referred to as...
April 22, 2022
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GHM Care through the eyes of a nine-year old
The alarm goes off, we pack our kids off to school and get on with the day job! However, what do the kids think we do at GHM Care? We thought we would share this fun article by James, the 9-year-old son of Managing Director Neil. What Daddy does for a living Q What is...
April 8, 2022
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How the micro chip shortage is affecting EU care homes
We have previously blogged on the global chip shortage and how we have needed to increase some lead times on delivering projects within our care homes. The shortage has exposed Europe’s dependency on Asia, where most chips are manufactured. It has been more problematic for the EU, which is well behind on-chip productions. Both the EU...
April 6, 2022
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Are you ready for tech-savvy residents?
We recently reported that nearly half of the 75 + years used the internet (Source: Age UK Survey). But when it comes to technology, care home residents can often feel overlooked. Thankfully the majority of care homes are now looking to provide top-level networks that enable residents to be connected whenever they want, with no barriers...
March 16, 2022
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Meet the Team: Keirra Pringle
A huge favourite with our GHM Care customers, Keirra not only provides front-line assistance on our Support Desk, but also manages resources for our projects team, ensuring the smooth delivery of hardware and equipment when and where it is needed. And if that’s not enough, she also supports the 3,000 plus mobile devices used by...
March 16, 2022
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New Install: Charrington Manor Care Home by Hamberley Care Homes
Our engineers have recently completed an installation at the stunning Charrington Manor Care Home in West Byfleet, a new development by award-winning Hamberley Care Homes. Charrington Manor offers residential, dementia and nursing care, as well as short breaks. The GHM team installed a telephone system, WiFi Network, our very own Nexus solution for nursecall...
March 10, 2022
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How vulnerable is your IT security?
For care homes and groups worried about ongoing cybersecurity threats, the most important thing for organisations of all sizes is to make sure that the fundamentals of cyber security are in place to protect your devices, networks and systems. This is important under all circumstances but critical during periods of heightened cyber threat. Do you...
March 8, 2022
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Happy 1st Birthday to our IT Support division!
This month we celebrate the first birthday of our IT Support division. The team offer IT Support, Cloud Back up, Microsoft Licenses for care homes and much more. The new services complement the existing care home technology for which GHM Care are renowned. We have proudly onboarded new and existing care home customers during this period. Calum Clewer, Head of...
March 1, 2022
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Meet the Team: Our MD Neil McManus
Neil founded GHM alongside his father Gerry in 2005. 15 years later, with the introduction of GHM Care in 2010, Neil leads the team as Managing Director. Neil, who is Oxford born and bred, succeeded his father Gerry (still involved with the business) as MD in 2019 and has seen the company establish itself as...
February 15, 2022
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Log4j Vulnerability – Your questions answered
Log4j is popular with millions of computers running online services. The vulnerability poses a challenge for care homes as they find out which of their services use this component. Here are some key questions you should be asking. How concerned should your care home be? The Log4j has the potential to cause severe disruptions. Attackers…
January 7, 2022
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