The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told Euxton Park Care Home in Chorley, Lancashire that it must make improvements to protect the safety and welfare of people living there.
CQC carried out an unannounced inspection at the home in August this year and identified a number of areas where improvements were required.
During their inspection, CQC found that the home, operated by Four Seasons Healthcare (England) Limited, was failing to provide care which was safe, effective, caring, responsive or well led.
Under CQC’s new programme of inspections, all adult social care services are being given a rating to help people choose care. Overall, Euxton Park Care Home has been rated as Inadequate and has been placed into special measures.
A full report from the inspection has been published on the CQC website.
The report identifies a number of areas in which improvements are required, including:
- Risks were not well managed in the home. The policies in place to protect people from avoidable harm were not always followed.
- Inspectors were concerned that people were not protected against the risks associated with unsafe use and management of medicines.
- The home was not sufficiently staffed to ensure people’s needs could be fully met.
- People’s healthcare needs were not always being met, and care plans lacked sufficient detail to guide staff on how to deliver safe and appropriate care.
- Inspectors were concerned that people who were at risk of poor nutrition were not being supported appropriately to manage that risk.
- People living at the home were at risk of being deprived of their liberty because legal requirements and best practice guidelines were not always followed.
- Staff were not being supported with sufficient training to care for people and many had only a limited understanding of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
- There were no systems in place to monitor the quality of service being provided.
Debbie Westhead, Deputy Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care in the North, said:
“It is unacceptable that the provider has allowed the quality of service to continue to deteriorate. We found areas of poor care at our previous inspection in January and it is of serious concern that these issues have not been fully addressed.
“People are entitled to services which provide safe, effective, compassionate and high quality care and we have told the provider that they must take action as a priority.
“We are in close liaison with the local authority to monitor the situation and ensure people living at the home are not at risk.
“Given the continued shortfall in standards of care, we have placed this service in special measures and made it clear where action must be taken to address the concerns identified.
“We will re-inspect the home within six months to check whether sufficient improvements have been made. If we find that the service being provided remains inadequate, we will consider taking further steps to cancel its registration with CQC."
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