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Sale of three Norwich care homes nets more than £2m, but another to reopen to meet dementia need
Mountfield care home in Millcroft, Norwich is to be refurbished and reopened.
A care home closed when its residents moved to a new £19m care village is to be refurbished and re-opened – to meet the need for places for people with dementia.
And the sale of three other former Norwich care homes has brought in £2m – which care bosses say is being used to improve care.
Four care homes run by Norfolk County Council’s arms-length company Norse Care, shut last year.
Mental Health Watch: What’s changed a year since our campaign launched?
Are people with mental health problems in the region getting better treatment than they were this time last year?
That was our hope more than 12 months ago when this newspaper launched a campaign to improve the under-performing mental health services in Norfolk and Suffolk.
A crucial aim was to end the stigma of people suffering from mental health problems and raise awareness of the issues.
Our Mental Health Watch campaign has highlighted the struggles of the region’s mental health service, the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT), as well as its progress and successfully campaigned to save a mental health helpline from closure.
But how have things progressed in the past year?
