Cottage Christian residential nursing home in Newport is the first former Southern Cross home in Shropshire to be transferred to a new operator.

Chief Executive of Coverage Care, David Coull said: “We are delighted to confirm that our proposal to operate the Cottage Christian care home in Newport has been accepted and look forward to the opportunity to work with staff at the home to provide continuity of care for the residents.”

“We are also pleased that the news that Coverage Care is to become the new operator of Cottage Christian care home was warmly welcomed by staff and residents in a recent public meeting.”

“Cottage Christian is an established and very well managed care home with nursing services and has an excellent reputation for the care it provides for people in the Newport area.”

“We have had extensive discussions with Telford & Wrekin Council, the landlord and the staff at Cottage Christian and want to stress that as far as we are concerned there will be no change in the way the home is run.“

“The staff will be retained on the same terms and conditions of employment and we look forward to offering our experience in operating care and nursing homes in Shropshire and building on the success of Cottage Christian care home.”

The Registered Manager at Cottage Christian, Mrs Beverley Harvey-Howson said: “This has been a difficult time for all of us at the home but we are pleased it has now been resolved and are delighted to be working with Coverage Care.”

The Cottage Christian Care Home in Newport is one of 751 care homes operated by Southern Cross for which new care providers are being found under recently announced restructuring proposals agreed with the existing landlords, as part of a commitment to ensure continuity of care for the residents.

Coverage Care is the leading provider of care services on a not for profit basis in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin, with responsibility for providing a range of care services for over 1500 mainly elderly people.