Care Quality Commission

'Strong leadership' praised as care home improves

A care home in Liverpool where residents were only showered once a month is upgraded after inspection.

Inspectors find overcrowding and people being cared for in corridors.

Bosses welcomed "recognition of the significant progress" they had strived to make.

The watchdog's concerns about the QEH in King's Lynn include hygiene and staff morale.

It issues its latest report on an NHS trust under scrutiny at an inquiry into mental health deaths.

The Care Quality Commission says the trust needs to improve the way leaders communicate with staff.

A watchdog found concerns over management of medicines and risk of infection spreading at the home.

Inspectors say other care providers should learn from the example of Teesside Hospice.

NHS inspectors have returned to Telford and Shrewsbury to run the rule over standards.