A care home has been downgraded after inspectors from the Care Quality Commission found shortfalls in medicine management, infection control and recruitment management.
At its last inspection in November 2019, Mill Lodge Residential Care Home on Belmont Road in Great Harwood was rated ‘good’ by the CQC.
However, following an inspection in April this year, the rating dropped to ‘requires improvement’ after identified breaches in relation to Regulation 17 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (record keeping and quality monitoring systems), and Regulation 15 (premises and equipment), were discovered.
CQC officers had received concerns in relation to staffing, conduct of staff and care practices and as a result, undertook a focused inspection to review the key questions of ‘safe’ and ‘well-led’.
In a report dated May 21, inspectors noted that they found systems to monitor the quality of the service were not effective.
The report said: “We found shortfalls around medicines management, care planning, infection control, the environment, recruitment and record…
