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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
David Humphreys

Families' horror as care home told to shut down

Families have expressed their shock and fears at the prospect of having to rehome elderly relatives after a Wirral care home was issued with a notice of potential closure.

Residents at Homecrest Care Centre in Seacombe face being left with no accommodation after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) indicated it would remove the operator’s licence to provide a care service following an alleged failure to turn its fortunes around after a damning inspection in 2021.

Families of the 19 residents on site have spoken of their horror at the possibility of having to uproot vulnerable relatives while Homecrest executives claim they have been treated harshly.

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