SCOCH condemns ‘heartless’ tactics as elderly residents again left in tears
RELATIVES AND supporters of elderly residents at Cherry Orchard Care Home will lobby Hampshire County Council from 1.15pm on Friday (September 23) to demand a reprieve for the threatened Andover facility.Save Cherry Orchard Care Home (SCOCH) members will deliver a 4,000-signature petition to Felicity Hindson, HCC’s executive member for adult social care, when she sits at 2pm on Friday, and is urging supporters to mount a dignified lobby before the meeting.
The call comes as campaigners reveal that residents have once more been left shocked and in tears following unannounced visits by HCC staff who told residents that the council’s recommendation is that Cherry Orchard should close.
The campaign is planning a legal challenge should the council go ahead with its already stated intention to close the home on grounds that SCOCH describes as baseless.....read more
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