Directorate Change

Tuesday 12 July 2011

Southern Cross Healthcare Group PLC

('Southern Cross', 'the Company' or 'the Group')

Directorate Change

The Board of Southern Cross announces the resignation of Nancy Hollendoner as a non-executive director of the Company, with immediate effect. Following yesterday's announcement and today's shareholder General Meeting she felt it was now appropriate to stand down from the Board.

Commenting, Christopher Fisher, Chairman of Southern Cross, said:

"Nancy has served as a non-executive director of the Company since January 2008 and her support in recent months has been much appreciated. We wish her well in the future."

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About Southern Cross

Southern Cross is, in terms of number of beds, the largest UK provider of care home services for the elderly and a major provider of specialist services for people with physical and/or learning disabilities. The Group's care homes for the elderly operate under two distinct brands: Southern Cross Healthcare and Ashbourne Senior Living. Both brands provide a range of social and personal care services and nursing care services for elderly people with physical frailties and differing forms of dementia. The Group's specialist services operate under the Active Care Partnerships brand and provide long-term care services for people with physical and/or learning disabilities and for younger people with complex forms of challenging behaviour.

Southern Cross is focused on providing high quality care in well invested facilities, seeking to be the home of choice in each local community in which it operates. The Group provides care services for most of the local authorities in the UK which, together with the NHS, represent circa 78% of the Group's revenues. Its care home portfolio is largely purpose-built with a high percentage of single occupancy rooms and rooms with ensuite bathrooms.