Lockerbie care home provider's registration suspension ordered

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It comes after 'serious and significant concerns' were raised about services at the Lockerbie site.

A court has ordered the interim suspension of the care provider's registration at a home near Lockerbie.It comes after "serious and significant concerns" were raised about services at the 33-resident home.

"We have taken this legal action to ensure people experienced an improvement in their care following serious concerns raised during an inspection," said a spokesperson. Inspectors rated the home as "weak" in four out of five key performance categories and "unsatisfactory" in the other. The inspection also described some areas of the facility as "malodorous" and found they had not been cleaned to an acceptable standard.

 

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