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• Alton Centre - a further update

  I do feel obliged to update on the Alton Centre run by Active Care - a subsidiary of Southern Cross - just as I have been following the story. Active Care won their appeal against closure yesterday and it is reported in the local Northamptonshire Evening... Posted Sep 07 2008, 12:20 PM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: social care, social work, work, learning disability, local authority, long-term care, health, csci, Southern Cross, Commission for Social Care Inspection, active care, northamptonshire, Alton Centre, care standards tribunal, norwyn cole

• Alton Centre, Active Care and Southern Cross - an update

  A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Alton Centre, a home in Northamptonshire run by Active Care - a subsidiary of Southern Cross Healthcare who were reported to be suffering from financial difficulties earlier in the year. Today the appeal against the... Posted Sep 05 2008, 06:10 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: residential care, social care, social work, work, local authority, long-term care, health care, health, Southern Cross, southern cross healthcare, active care, northamptonshire, Wellingborough, Alton Centre, neglect

• Trouble at Southern Cross

  Both The Times and The Guardian reported that Southern Cross Healthcare Group have been launched into some kind of financial crisis following the failure to repay a loan of some £46 million. Times are getting harder and a lot of firms are failing - but... Posted Jul 02 2008, 02:43 AM by Fighting Monsters Filed under: residential care, social care, social work, social issues, older people, work, old age, elderly, long-term care, uk, housing, health, care home, csci, Southern Cross, Southern Cross Healthcare Group, nursing home