Derbyshire care home placed into special measures after CQC inspection

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 15 Oct, 13:02 · Archive

Haddon House Nursing Home in Clowne has been downgraded to inadequate following a CQC inspection.

Haddon House Nursing Home in Clowne, near Chesterfield, has been placed into special measures after a Care Quality Commission inspection in August. The nursing home, which can support up to 40 people including older people and those with dementia or a mental health diagnosis, was downgraded from a previous rating of good to inadequate, the lowest possible mark.

Inspectors identified several concerns about resident safety. These included the failure to reposition someone with a bed sore often enough, staff being late in giving time-critical medicine, and a choke-risk patient not being given modified food. The CQC identified breaches of regulation relating to safe care and treatment and the overall management of the service. It downgraded ratings for how safe, effective and well-led the home is from good to inadequate, and how caring and responsive it is from good to requires improvement.

The nursing home, run by Monarch Consultants Limited, has contested the inspectors' findings. Special measures involve close monitoring to ensure residents remain safe while the home makes improvements, with a structured timeframe for action. The CQC has begun taking further regulatory action, which the home has the right to appeal.

How it is being reported

• Derbyshire care home placed in special measures amid damning report - but bosses contest findingsConcerns over the handling of time-critical medicine and choke-risk patients were raised by inspectorsDerbyshire Live · 15 Oct, 12:23
• Derbyshire care home "deeply disappointed" after being placed into special measures following inspectionA nursing home in Derbyshire has been placed into special measures after a CQC inspection.Derbyshire Times · 15 Oct, 11:03

In this story: Haddon House Nursing Home · Care Quality Commission · Clowne · Chesterfield · Monarch Consultants Limited · Derbyshire

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