Care home where residents 'at risk of pain and neglect' could be shut down as it remains in special measures

A care home where residents are at 'risk of pain and neglect' could be shut down after failing to make enough improvement since being placed in special measures last year. Stamford House, in Rochdale, is still 'inadequate' in several areas - including infection control, pain management and nutrition - according to the latest inspection report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

The Kingsway home - which cares for up to 23 people aged over 65 - has now been in special measures for nine months. The CQC usually gives adult care services a maximum of 12 months to make the necessary improvements before taking action to close them down. Officials, who visited the Stamford Street facility in May found it was adequately staffed and there had been ‘significant improvements’ to training since the last inspection.

But they also noted that the home was still in breach of numerous regulations, including that residents were still not always receiving high-quality personal care. For example, care plans did not always include risk assessments for people's health conditions - including Alzheimer's, diabetes, epilepsy and alcohol abuse.

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“This is an ongoing issue from the last inspection,” the report reads. "The provider had failed to ensure staff provided people with individualised care which met their needs. This placed people at risk of harm.”

Residents were also at risk of experiencing pain and neglect, officials added. “People were not always given their pain relief medicines when they were prescribed,” the report continues.

“On one occasion this was because there was no supply of the medicine in the home,