Leamington Spa's Helen Ley MS centre to close

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A care centre for people with multiple sclerosis in Warwickshire is to close by the end of January.



The MS Society will send letters to those involved this week and a redundancy consultation has started with staff at the Helen Ley Centre.

The centre has nine residents and also offers day-care and holidays.

The society said it would try to find alternative care for patients and would consider external business offers to continue running the home.

In July 2010 the society announced its decision to move out of providing respite care directly.

It has been trying to sell the Leamington centre, along with ones in York, Surrey and East Lothian.

A deal to buy the Helen Ley Centre fell through earlier this month.