Zion Care Group acquires new care home in Stafford

THE Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has provided a multi-million loan facility to support the acquisition of St Joseph’s Nursing Home in Stafford by the Zion Care Group.

St Joseph’s has been previously run as a convent nursing home managed by the Sisters of St Joseph’s of Cluny.

Zion Care Group, which operates a number of care homes across the UK, has acquired the 41 bed nursing home with plans to retain its existing staff, increase its number of beds and in turn create new jobs in the future.

Tim Ogunleye, owner of Zion Care Group, said: “St Joseph’s will experience minimal change as we take over the running of this existing nursing home. We are currently familiarising ourselves with our new surroundings, residents and staff.

“We look forward to making the best use of the existing building to help fulfil local demands.”

Kenny Nelson, relationship director at RBS added: “We are delighted we could once again show our support to the Zion Care Group and have no doubt Tim will enhance the current facilities available at St Joseph’s and share with the current team his proven track record of running high-quality care homes.”