TWO Stratton care homes have been ordered to improve by the Care Quality Commission.

Inspections into Church View Nursing Home in Rainer Close and Wemyss Lodge in Ermin Street were released on Monday and in both, the homes were found to be requiring improvement in areas such as safety, effectiveness, responsiveness and leadership.

They were rated good in their care.

Back in 2016 both care homes were rated inadequate and placed into special measures but since then they have strived to make significant improvements - much of which was recognised by the CQC.

In the report for Church View Nursing Home, which is run by Coate Water Care, inspectors said: “During this inspection, clear improvements had been made to the service. The manager and senior managers had taken the home ‘back to basics’ and were confident the service was now safe, with effective leadership.”

However, the CQC did take note of things that needed to be addressed imminently.

The report said: “Improvements had been made to the management of people’s medicines. However, there had been two errors in November, where people had been given the wrong dose of their medicines. In addition, a relative stopped a member of staff from administering a dose of insulin, when it had already been given.

“All errors were appropriately managed although it was clear that staff had not followed procedures, for the errors to have occurred.”

Sue Houlder, operations director at Church View, said despite the ‘requires improvement’ rating, she is happy that the team has stepped up from inadequate.

“We have got a really strong team who have embraced all of the changes at the home since the last inspection,” she added.

“We are proud of the quality of care that is provided in the home and we are really pleased that the CQC have seen that progress and recognised the changes.”

The CQC inspected Wemyss Lodge, which provides care to people living with dementia, physical disabilities and other health conditions, over three days at the start of March.

Again, the CQC noted improvements to the service provided. The report said: “The management of medicines had improved although there were still areas which required improvement. Where incidents had occurred the service were now including more detail in the incident forms in order to plan preventative care.

“There were sufficient staff available to meet people’s needs. The numbers of staff required during the day and night had been reviewed and amendments made.

“Information about people’s care and treatment was not always person centred, accurate or up to date and did not always correlate between electronic and paper records. There was a lack of consistency in details of people’s life history, what they value and their family connections.”

General manager at Wemyss Teresa Fisher said: “We are extremely pleased with the good rating for car and we are continuing to work with the CQC in the areas that require further improvement.”