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Oct 2021
Ripon care home set to close in December
A Ripon care home is to close at the end of the year.
Skell Lodge, which is owned by the Maria Mallaband Care Group, operates from a listed Victorian building on South Crescent.
The care provider told the Stray Ferret the building would "shortly no longer meet appropriate building regulations".
North Yorkshire County Council and the Care Quality Commission are working with Maria Mallaband to find new homes for residents and staff.
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The company also owns a larger care home in Ripon called The Moors.
The nature of the building problems and when they were discovered is unclear at present.
A spokesperson for Maria Mallaband said
Richard Webb, corporate director of health and adult services at North Yorkshire County Council, said:
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