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EXCLUSIVE: 80-bed care home for old Winchcombe School site
AN 80-bed multi-million pound specialist care home could soon be built in Newbury, Newburytoday.co.uk can reveal.
Land next to the Winchcombe School in Maple Crescent (pictured) has been set aside to build the new facility.
Dementia and physical care experts MedicX are to hold a public consultation in two weeks over the plans.
A spokesman for MedicX, Mark Davis, said: “The development of the new 80-bed care home will assist in supporting the under provision of specialist care beds in the locality as well as supporting the local economy by creating new careers and job opportunities for the area.”
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