A DELEGATION including Dr Ashok Kumar MP and Barry Parvin, the owner of Graceland nursing home in Guisborough, is to lobby Social Services Minister Stephen Ladyman.
Dr Kumar has secured a meeting with Mr Ladyman to discuss the financial difficulties facing residential and nursing homes for the elderly.
He said: "This issue, which has been a live one for some time, came to a head when Mr Parvin announced that he may have to close his doors if he did not get a better financial fee deal from the local social services department and the local NHS primary care trust.
"Thankfully, diligent work by the two public agencies has averted that closure actually happening."
Dr Kumar said he had held a meeting with Mr Parvin, during which he offered to set up a meeting with the minister.
He added: "I am pleased to say that Mr Ladyman has now agreed to meet me and a delegation, including Mr Parvin, to discuss the matter."
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