Care homes in Anfield have come out of special measures but still have work to do to improve, according to health inspectors.
Earlier this year, Abbey Lawns Care Home and St Domingo Grove were placed under further scrutiny by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after a litany of failures at the North Liverpool care facilities. A report into Abbey Lawns on Anfield Road said residents were “not always safeguarded from the risk of abuse” and “Staff did not have an emergency evacuation plan to follow and they were unclear of their roles in the event of an emergency, such as a fire”.
In March, St Domingo Grove, run by Gracefield Healthcare, was slammed by the CQC for its "totally unacceptable" conditions. But as well as the state of the facilities, inspectors were also told by a resident that a member of staff had "verbally and physically" abused them, concerns which had been ignored by a manager.
