Patients were put at risk at a care home that has been deemed inadequate and placed into special measures.
Avalon Care Home on Duke Street in Southport has been strongly criticised in a report by the Care Quality Comission, which found the home in breach of health and social care act regulations.
The breach related to the way the Sefton home treated consent for some of the patients, which was deemed at times not in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act.