Four bids to run Limecroft home

DISCUSSIONS are under way with four local authority arms-length trusts over the future of Limecroft Care Home in Limeside.

The home had closed under the previous administration on March 31 due to council cuts but the new Cabinet voted last month to reopen it within six months.

Cabinet member for adult services and health, Councillor Philip Harrison, said Tameside, Stockport, Manchester and Wigan had been asked to submit a bid with their proposals for a specialist residential respite service.

A three-year contract will be awarded late September and the home reopened December 1.