A CARE home has been told that it requires improvement after a number of failings were uncovered.

Addison Court, Accrington, was inspected by the Care Quality Commission in August which criticised its safety, effectiveness and its responsiveness.

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The report into the Addison Street home was published earlier this month and did praise the home’s level of care and its leadership.

At the time of the inspection the home had 48 people living there.

When the CQC last visited the home on December 16, 2014, the watchdog found the service had failed to notify them of abuse or allegations of abuse in relation to a resident.

The home was asked to take action to make improvements and this action had been completed before the recent inspection.

A CQC inspector, writing in the report, said: “During this inspection visit we found two breaches of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, relating to failure to provide sufficient numbers of staff and failure to maintain an accurate record of care and treatment given. During our inspection visit we were told the service had been short staffed and that short notice sickness/ absenteeism had created additional problems. We found the home was clean although there were odours in some areas of the home.”

The August inspection had been brought forward due to concerns about the delivery of care, the numbers of staff, the standard of the environment and the recording of people’s caret.

A spokeswoman for the home said: “The care and wellbeing of our residents is our highest priority and, as recognised by the CQC, we now have a new manager in place. She has implemented a robust action plan which has included raising staffing levels, ensuring those staff are suitably qualified, and making sure that care plans are detailed, updated, and totally focused on residents’ needs.”