CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating a decision to save an under-threat Yeadon care home.
Ward councillors and MP Greg Mulholland (Lib Dem, Leeds North West), supported by residents and their families, have been fighting to keep Suffolk Court open for several years.
They achieved a partial victory in 2013, when a petition and grassroots campaign succeeded in keeping the place open but facing an uncertain future - as plans were afoot to convert it into an intermediary care centre.
Leeds City Council has now confirmed that the home is to stay open for respite, along with intermediary and recovery, care.
Councillor Sandy Lay (Lib Dem, Otley & Yeadon) said: "This is brilliant news.
"We have been fighting for this for so long and it is such a relief that it is finally over.
"Suffolk Court is a valued part of the local community and to lose it would have been a devastating blow.
"Now we can focus all of our energy onto campaigning for the closed ward at Wharfedale Hospital in Otley to reopen as an intermediate care ward."
Mr Mulholland said: "I am delighted that, after the community campaign I led with local councillors, Suffolk Court will remain open for respite care as well as recovery and intermediate care services.
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