OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF OUR HIGH STANDARDS

In March and July 2009 we had unannounced inspections of our Domiciliary Care and Nursing Services businesses by the Care Quality Commission as part of their normal quality assurance process. We are delighted to confirm that both services achieved the highest standard attainable, which is Three Star (Excellent).

We are especially proud of this achievement, for although the two services have to be separately registered with the CQC, there is inevitably a substantial integration, especially for domiciliary services.

At the time of this announcement, the CQC web site indicates that we are currently the only combined nursing and domiciliary care business in Dorset to possess a Three Star (Excellent) rating for both services.

SEPTEMBER 2009