A care home has been rated “inadequate” by inspectors for the second time in a row and will remain in special measures.
Lower Bowshaw View Nursing Home, in Lowedges, Sheffield, provides accommodation and care to older people, some of whom have dementia.
Following its latest inspection, the CQC said the home had failed to make “sufficient improvement” since being placed in special measures in March and issued operator Totalwest Limited with six warning notices.
Totalwest have been approached for a comment.
The CQC said the notices were designed to “focus Lower Bowshaw’s attention on making immediate improvements around safe recruitment practices, staffing, safeguarding, person-centred care, safe care and treatment, and how the home is managed”.
During their visit in September inspectors found staff “did not always have the skills and knowledge to carry out their roles effectively” while some staff were “reluctant to change meaning progression was slow”.
The CQC said they also found leaders and staff “didn’t foster a culture of learning from safety concerns and incidents, and as a result, similar concerns arose and people remained at avoidable risk of harm”.
An inspection report also highlighted a failure to get residents to appointments and out of date or inaccurate care plans.
However, the CQC noted that staff and leaders treated people with “kindness, empathy, and compassion”.
It also said a new management team was in the process of establishing systems and processes to make improvements.
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