Grantham care home to close COVID unit as transmission rates drop
It will close at the end of the month
A care home in Grantham will close its designated COVID-19 unit as infection rates continue to drop.
Apple Trees Care Home, run by The Orders of St John Care Trust, set up the unit last year as part of an initiative led by the Department of Health and Social Care.
The 16-bed unit has cared for more than 80 people since it opened in October to people with coronavirus who were leaving hospital.
Due to the dropping rates of COVID-19 infection, and the continuing development of the vaccination programme among over 65s, the unit will close on April 30, and revert to a short stay and reablement service.