The Daily Telegraph Year" in 2004 for its coverage of the Iraq War. The paper also won "Columnist of the Year" three years' running from 2002 to 2004: Zoë Heller (2002), Robert Harris (2003) and Boris Johnson (2004). In 1979, following a letter in "The Daily Telegraph" and a Government report highlighting the shortfall in care available for premature babies, Bliss, the special care baby charity, was founded. In 2009, as part of the Bliss 30th birthday celebrations, the charity was chosen as one of four beneficiaries of the newspaper's Christmas Charity Appeal. In February 2010 a cheque was presented to Bliss for
Care UK contracts worth £104m. In 2014/5 its turnover was £728 million. Following the death of a vulnerable inmate at HM Prison Chelmsford in January 2017 and criticism by the Prison ombudsman, Care UK announced it would end its healthcare contract there as the level of resource the prison service made available was insufficient. In 2018 Care UK operated 114 care homes with almost 8,000 beds. 44% of the residents are self-funding. It supports over 17,000 older people and those with disabilities through home care services. Its NHS treatment centres, out of hours primary care and 111 service serve more than 18