Following the tragic deaths of elderly residents at Partridge Court Care Home, Essex County Council have sent me the following statement by Essex County Councillor Ann Naylor, Cabinet Member for Adults, Health and Community Wellbeing:
“We were extremely saddened to hear of the two recent deaths at Partridge Court Care Centre and our thoughts are with the relatives of those concerned.
There are currently two investigations underway, the ongoing police investigation and a safeguarding investigation. Safeguarding our most vulnerable is our absolute priority and as a result we are conducting a multi-agency safeguarding investigation into the care of residents in Partridge Court Care Centre.
Essex County Council initially put intensive support into the home so we could ensure residents security and safety and avoid the need to move clients unnecessarily and against their wishes. We are continuing to work proactively with the home’s staff and the providers Rushcliffe on an action plan of improvement to look to raising standards on the future delivery of care.
The CQC have recently inspected Partridge Care Home and will consider enforcement action if necessary. Essex County Council has a suspension on places and this will be in place until we are happy that improvements to the level of care have been made.
We will continue to monitor the action plan until we are fully satisfied with the quality of care. Conversations have been held with all residents and their families to review individual needs and all care plans have been checked. While the majority of residents and their relatives have expressed a wish to stay at Partridge Care Home those residents who have requested to move are being supported and further discussions will be held with their families to find suitable, alternative accommodation.
We have also provided advocacy support for relatives so they can raise any questions or concerns. Our NHS colleagues have assigned a team of clinicians to work on the site and we are confident that improvements can be made.
There is an ongoing police investigation and until this is concluded we do not know if a criminal offence has occurred. Therefore we are unable to provide further details at this time but will continue to do all we can to work with partners to ensure the highest possible standards of care are implemented and take any necessary action if improvements are not made.”
by Robert Halfon - www.roberthalfon.blogspot.com
“We were extremely saddened to hear of the two recent deaths at Partridge Court Care Centre and our thoughts are with the relatives of those concerned.
There are currently two investigations underway, the ongoing police investigation and a safeguarding investigation. Safeguarding our most vulnerable is our absolute priority and as a result we are conducting a multi-agency safeguarding investigation into the care of residents in Partridge Court Care Centre.
Essex County Council initially put intensive support into the home so we could ensure residents security and safety and avoid the need to move clients unnecessarily and against their wishes. We are continuing to work proactively with the home’s staff and the providers Rushcliffe on an action plan of improvement to look to raising standards on the future delivery of care.
The CQC have recently inspected Partridge Care Home and will consider enforcement action if necessary. Essex County Council has a suspension on places and this will be in place until we are happy that improvements to the level of care have been made.
We will continue to monitor the action plan until we are fully satisfied with the quality of care. Conversations have been held with all residents and their families to review individual needs and all care plans have been checked. While the majority of residents and their relatives have expressed a wish to stay at Partridge Care Home those residents who have requested to move are being supported and further discussions will be held with their families to find suitable, alternative accommodation.
We have also provided advocacy support for relatives so they can raise any questions or concerns. Our NHS colleagues have assigned a team of clinicians to work on the site and we are confident that improvements can be made.
There is an ongoing police investigation and until this is concluded we do not know if a criminal offence has occurred. Therefore we are unable to provide further details at this time but will continue to do all we can to work with partners to ensure the highest possible standards of care are implemented and take any necessary action if improvements are not made.”
by Robert Halfon - www.roberthalfon.blogspot.com
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