RNS No 8646n
CRESTACARE PLC
2 September 1999


NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT

1.  Company in which shares are held:   Crestacare Plc

2.  Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares

                 Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
                 P.O Box HM 670
                 Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

                 Parent holding company for various direct and indirect
                 subsidiaries, including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd.
                 (FISL), investment managers for various non-US investment
                 companies and institutional clients.  (See Schedule A for
                 listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings.)

3.  The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

                 Mr Edward C. Johnson 3d
                 82 Devonshire Street
                 Boston, MA 02109

A principal shareholder and Chairman of Fidelity International Limited.

4.  The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized
    unit trust schemes in the U.K, notwithstanding the exemption from reporting
    pursuant to Section 209(1)(e) of the Companies Act 1985.

5.  These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
    notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the
    purposes of clarity.  Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that
    Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or
    Mr Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the
    disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these notifications
    on a joint basis.

6.  The disclosable interests arise under Section 208(4)(b) of the Act, namely
    where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a
    right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of
    such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.

7.  Inasmuch as there is no disclosable interest of 3% or greater of the share
    capital, FIL has no further reporting obligation under Section 198 to 202
    of the UK Companies Act.  This statement speaks as of its date, and no
    inference should be drawn that no change has occurred in the facts set
    forth herein after the date hereof.



SCHEDULE A

SECURITY: CRESTACARE PLC                                 Closing Amendment No 12

                     Shares Held   Management   Nominee/Registered Name
                                   Company
(Ordinary Shares)
                        3,621,800     FISL        Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
                                                  Nominees Limited
                          284,700      FIL        Clydesdale Bank (Head Office)
                                                  Nominees Limited
                           40,600      FIL        RBS Trust Bank

Total Ordinary Shares   3,947,100

Current ownership 
  percentage                2.07%

Shares in issue:      190,395,172

Change in holdings
  since last filing:   (3,335,869) ordinary shares.

Change in holdings is primarily due to the acquisition of Crestacare Plc by
Carat Secre Plc.


LETTER TO: CRESTACARE PLC

         NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST IN SHARES/CRESTACARE ORD 10P

With reference to Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) we are
writing to inform you that following the takeover of Crestacare, the Norwich
Union Group no longer has a material interest in your company.

The interests are being disclosed on behalf of Norwich Union plc (As the
ultimate holding company of the Norwich Union Group of Companies) and the
other companies referred to in this letter of notice.

LETTER FROM: NORWICH UNION

END

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