Care Home in court for Health & Safety breaches
A Bedfordshire care home faces prosecution this week over health and safety failures that led to the death of a 100-year-old resident. \n\n What happened \n\n Meppershall Care Home was shut down by the Care Quality Commission in July 2013 after inspectors took urgent action to protect residents’ welfare and safety. Concerns about the Shefford […]
‘Gross neglect’ led to death of Leicester care home pensioner who fell from first floor landing
A catalogue of failures which contributed to the death of an elderly care home resident who fell to the ground from a first floor landing amounted to “gross neglect”, a jury has ruled. Marjorie Keogh died in hospital on February 7, 2010, due to injuries sustained a day earlier in the fall at Scraptoft Court […]