Families of residents at a care home in Shropshire have spoken of their shock after learning that three former staff had been sacked amid claims residents were neglected.

Managers of a Whitchurch care home where three staff were dismissed after a police investigation into neglect have pledged to meet any families with concerns.

The manager and two nurses at a £620-a-week Shropshire residential nursing home have been sacked amid claims residents were neglected.

Care home boss Mandy Thorn speaks out on the problems families face when finding a home for their elderly relatives. “I don’t want to paint a picture of crisis, because things are not quite that bad. But we are in a position where we really need to start looking at this area now.”

Union officials today claimed staff and residents at Southern Cross care homes in Shropshire faced an uncertain future because landlords had failed to meet a deadline to secure new operators to run the sites.

Southern Cross Healthcare today revealed plans to cut 3,000 jobs in the latest blow to staff at the crisis-hit care homes operator.