A RIBBLE Valley care home has been told to make improvements after breaching health regulations.

The Croft Care Home in Whalley was rated ‘requires improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in 2015.

Inspectors said the home had made improvements in relation to the quality of the service.

However it still 'required improvement' as further progress was need with regards to checking systems following an unannounced inspection in February.

They also found the King Street home, which provides accommodation and care for 26 older people including some with dementia, breached a regulation relating to recruitment procedures.

Inspectors said the service was not always safe, responsive and well-led however it was rated ‘good’ for being caring and effective.

They found people were happy with the accommodation, medicines were stored safely and there were enough staff to provide care.

However they said: “Staff recruitment did not include the relevant character checks for the protection of people who used the service.

“We found some risks to people’s health and well-being were not always identified, assessed and managed.”

They said care plans needed improvement and action was ongoing to promote a more personalised and responsive approach to care planning and care delivery.

“There were processes in place to regularly monitor the quality of people’s experience at the service.

“However we found the some of the checking systems could be better and some policies and procedures needed updating.