FOUR SEASONS HEALTH CARE

Early day motion 1035, tabled 26 July 2000 by Tony Colman (Labour). Signed by 21 members.

That this House notes with concern the unilateral attempt by Four Seasons Health Care PLC, a subsidiary of Alchemy PLC, to cut the pay and working conditions of employees at elderly care homes in the Borough of Wandsworth, some of whom were transferred from the public sector when the homes were privatised by Wandsworth Council, by the expedient of terminating existing contracts of employment, coupled with an offer of re-employment on drastically reduced terms; notes further that in one of the homes, Park Lodge, 94 accidents have befallen elderly residents since January this year of which only two were reported to the local registration unit; and calls on the Government to outlaw unilateral reduction in employees' working conditions and to introduce stronger regulation of elderly care homes in the for-profit sector.

Signatures by party: Labour 20, Liberal Democrat 1.