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Eighteen Northern Ireland care homes saved from closure
Health Minister Edwin Poots confirmed that the homes would stay open
All 18 NHS care homes in Northern Ireland that were earmarked for closure are to remain open while residents want to stay in them.
Health Minister Edwin Poots confirmed that the homes would stay open in a letter to the Stormont health committee seen by the BBC.
The closures had been announced last year as part of the Transforming Your Care health review.
What is the future for Care Homes?
What’s the future of care homes?
Vern Pitt
Wednesday 06 April 2011 10:57
Care homes are struggling to come to terms with fewer local authority contracts and politicians’ preference for independent living. How can the sector respond, asks Vern Pitt
The country’s biggest residential care provider, Southern Cross Healthcare, last month ran into serious financial trouble raising fears that similar problems could spread through the sector.