Plans to close two major nursing homes in Salford have been dropped after a fierce campaign to keep the vital services.
Residents in Monica Court, Monton, and Astley Court, Irlam, were left worried after plans to close the facilities were announced at the end of May, with landlords ForHousing saying they were going to rehome tenants "over the coming years". Local councillors, trade union UNISON, MP Barbara Keeley, and Salford city mayor Paul Dennett all fought against the changes, with petitions being set up by residents and their families to halt the plans.
Today, June 20, residents have been given confirmation that the plans have been scrapped, after ForHousing met with Mr Dennett, Coun Hannah Robinson Smith, a local representative and executive member for social care, MPs, and council officers who all opposed the decision.
