A care home in Wigan where ‘someone had fallen down stairs’ and ‘trip hazards were left out in the hallway’ have vowed to do better after a damning report.
The Care Quality Commission rated Haighfield Care Home in Standish as ‘requires improvement’ after their findings during their inspection in late August - triggered by the serious injury suffered from the stairs incident. In addition to the trip hazards, inspectors found medical and cleaning equipment was not stored correctly and a fire risk assessment had not been completed since February 2022 - despite an incident earlier in the year where the electrics had ‘blown’ in one part of the home.
The report published this month alluded to this putting the 45 older residents ‘at risk’.
