Care home conditions imposed

A CARE home has been slapped with a list of conditions from the health watchdog after it ‘deteriorated’ into special measures.

Fieldgate Nursing Home in Horndean received an inadequate rating from Care Quality Commission after a visit in July when inspectors described the service as ‘highly disorganised’ with ‘inconsistent management’ and said clients ‘were at risk of receiving poor quality care’.

Police were also investigating after an ‘unlicensed restraint’ was made on a 95-year-old woman in June, at the home on Portsmouth Road, that amounted to ‘common assault’.

Hampshire Constabulary confirmed to The News that the investigation has been filed as the victim has died, albeit in an unrelated manner, since the incident happened.

The home, run by Extraservice Limited, has now been given a list of conditions from the CQC that it has to meet including undertaking audits on service user care plans, medicine storage and hygiene and infection control as well as providing a report containing a detailed action plan on the 30th day of every month.

The updated CQC report read: ‘Conditions of registration are already in place at Fieldgate Nursing Home and these remain relevant.

‘We have requested an action plan and continuous improvement plan from the provider to understand what they will do to improve the standards of quality and safety.’

The News approached Fieldgate Nursing Home for comment.