Patients were put at risk at a care home that has been deemed inadequate and placed into special measures.
In a report the CQC said Appleby Court Care Home on Roughwood Drive, Kirkby was "unreliable and ineffective" and staff "failed to identify risk" to patient's health.
The CQC received reports in relation to people's safety and undertook a second inspection in September. The care home was initially inspected in January receiving a requires improvement rating and completed an action plan to show what they would do to "improve".
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At the latest inspection, it was once again found in "breach of regulation" and has dropped to the lowest rating that can be given by the CQC. According to the report, there was a "continuous lack of robust assessment, monitoring and management of risks to people's health and safety".
The report was released last Friday and came about after the CQC "received concerns in relation to people's safety, governance and leadership" of the care home. The areas of concern for the CQC were safety and if the care home was well-led.
In one case it said records for one person showed they had lost a significant amount of weight over a seven-month period. However, "no action was taken in response to this such as a referral to a dietician" and only four staff out of 47 had received up-to-date safeguarding training.
The report said: "There were sufficient numbers of staff on duty, however, we were not assured they had the qualifications, competence, and skills to meet people's needs and keep them safe. Training records provided to us showed managers and staff had not received up-to-date training in topics relevant to people's needs and topics of health and safety including; infection control, first aid, diabetes, and catheter care."
Breaches of regulations found at the inspection in January 2022 remained outstanding and the CQC said they found "other concerns in relation to people's safety, governance, and leadership of the service". This included no registered manager being in the post.
It said: "There was no registered manager in post. The providers representative advised us on February 3 2022 that the previous registered manager had resigned. They also advised us the current deputy manager had been appointed as manager and would be applying to The Care Quality Commission (CQC) to become the registered manager. To date, no registered manager application has been received by CQC."
As the home is still under special measures and has been handed a "severe notice warning". If improvements are not made, the watchdog could order the suspension of activities at the home or even its closure.
Appleby Court Care Home has been approached for a comment but are yet to respond.
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