CSCI closes down 'dangerous' home
06/08/2008
By Rob Finch
CSCI has closed down a residential nursing home over fears for the safety and welfare of elderly residents.
The Southfield House care home in Bridge Street, Brackley, Northamptonshire can no longer legally operate after CSCI obtained a court order to cancel the home’s registration late last week.
It follows three unannounced inspections of the privately-owned and managed home by CSCI last week. Inspectors were seriously concerned about the low number of staff available and their ability to meet the needs - including medication management - of the people living there.
CSCI says it is working closely with Northamptonshire County Council and Northamptonshire Teaching Primary Care Trust, who are assessing each of the residents - in consultation with their families - to ensure that their health and care needs are addressed, both in the immediate and long term, while seeking alternative accommodation for them. In the meantime the Council and the PCT have put nursing and care staff into Southfield to support the home's own staff.
CSCI's eastern regional director, Norwyn Cole, said: ‘We have had concerns for some time about the poor standards of care at Southfield. Despite being given every opportunity, the owner has failed to make the improvements necessary to meet national standards and to provide adequately for the needs of the residents.
‘Matters came to a head last week when our inspectors decided that the safety and welfare of the people living there was being put at serious risk.
‘The decision to cancel the registration of a care home is never taken lightly by the Commission and is usually the last resort after every effort has been made to get the owners to improve standards and comply with legal requirements. We know all too well the impact that the closure of a home can have on the people who live there, their families and their carers, as well as members of the staff.’
The owner of the home has the option to appeal the closure.
SOURCE: CaringBusiness UK
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