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Ballymoney: Residents to be moved as care home ordered to close

The chief executive of the health and social care regulator said she was devastated for residents of a care home that has been ordered to close.

Twenty eight people are to move from the Model Care Home in Ballymoney, County Antrim, as a result of the enforcement.

Regulatory and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) said there was an "absence of assurances" around the home's financial arrangements.

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16 June 2022

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