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To: Alan Graves, Leader of Derbyshire County Council
Save Derbyshire Care Homes
Derbyshire County Council has announced its intention to close eight care homes for older people that it owns, making more than fifty vulnerable residents homeless and leaving over two hundred staff facing losing their jobs.
The original decision to put the care homes on the market was made by Derbyshire County Council's previous Conservative administration, with a view that they would close if the sale fell through. This has now happened, but we are calling on the current Reform UK leadership of the council to step in and reverse this decision.
The original decision to put the care homes on the market was made by Derbyshire County Council's previous Conservative administration, with a view that they would close if the sale fell through. This has now happened, but we are calling on the current Reform UK leadership of the council to step in and reverse this decision.
Why is this important?
These care homes have been run down and neglected over many years, but they are fantastic buildings, staffed by carers with decades of experience and they are the beloved homes to their residents and an important part of their communities.
UNISON Derbyshire does not believe care should be privatised or marketed and we call for these homes to remain in the public sector.
The homes at risk are:
Briar Close, Borrowash
UNISON Derbyshire does not believe care should be privatised or marketed and we call for these homes to remain in the public sector.
The homes at risk are:
Briar Close, Borrowash
Castle Court, Swadlincote
The Grange, Eckington
Lacemaker Court, Long Eaton
The Leys, Ashbourne
New Bassett House, Shirebrook
Rowthorne, Swanwick
Thomas Colledge House, Bolsover.