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Southern Cross to hand over care homes to landlords
Residents have been reassured in Peterborough that they will not have to move, lets hope it will be the same for every resident across the country,.
News from The Peterborough Evening Telegraph, www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk
By Stephen Briggs
Published on Tuesday 12 July 2011 09:25
VULNERABLE residents in care homes in the Peterborough area have been reassured after operator Southern Cross warned it was set to shut down.
Southern Cross Healthcare Group, which operates the 59-bed Astoria Park, in Park Crescent, Peterborough, has announced plans to hand over all of its 752 care homes to landlords or, where appropriate, new operators because of financial difficulties.
Leeds City Council failed children with special needs
Leeds City Council failed children with special needs
There were “serious and extensive failures” in the way Leeds City Council treated three children with special educational needs, a report has found.
In one case, a severely disabled girl could not communicate as her carers did not know sign language, according to the local government ombudsman.
Leeds City Council said it “fully accepted” the ombudsman’s findings.
Southern Cross set to shut down and stop running homes
Southern Cross set to shut down and stop running homes
“It is currently envisaged that the existing group will cease to be an operator of homes,” an update on the restructuring process said.
As a result, trading in the company’s shares has been suspended.
