STANDARDS at a Shipley nursing home which has seen a number of residents moved out over concerns on how it is being run have been branded "inadequate" by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Ivy House Nursing Home in Hollin Wood Close, Moorhead Lane, received a surprise inspection from CQC officers on November 5 last year, having been told it needed to improve following a previous visit in April.

Inspectors found that despite promises from the 40-bed home's owners, P&C Care Ltd, it would be fully compliant with all legal requirements by October 1, the home was still failing to provide care which was safe, effective, responsive, or well-led.

At the time of the CQC's second visit there were 23 people living in the home, but "serious concerns" in its findings prompted Bradford Council and other authorities to start moving residents out.

This process had initially been due to be completed by mid-January, but it is understood from the CQC that five residents still remain.

The inspection report stated the registered manager of the home, Patrick Berry, who is also one of the owners and director of nursing at P&C Care Ltd, "did not have a good understanding of governance, and the quality systems in place were not effective".

The safety of residents was said to be "being compromised", with "no lessons learned from accidents, incidents, and complaints to demonstrate what action had been taken to try to prevent them re-occurring".

In one instance, staff were said to be unaware of the exact number of people in the home, or what to do in case of an emergency, such as fire evacuation procedures.

Inspectors also found evidence of incidents having occurred which had not been reported to the CQC or the local authority in accordance with safeguarding procedures, with eight referrals made as a result of the inspection.

One resident suffering from a form of visual impairment was said to have fallen seven times between the April and November visits, five of which resulted in injury, with others not having their weights monitored properly.

There were areas of the home said to pose a risk to the health of the residents, with the report stating it "smelt strongly of stale urine and faeces".

Concerns were also expressed over staffing levels and training, with residents not being supported or respected in a way that promoted their dignity.

The report stated residents who required support for incontinence had to use communal pants and pads rather than having their own supply, a situation deemed "unacceptable" by the CQC.

Debbie Westhead, the CQC's deputy chief inspector of adult social care in the north said: “We found that sufficient improvements had not been made since our previous inspection, and a number of concerns around the health and welfare of the residents remain.

“We have made it clear that we will return to the home to check that the necessary improvements have been made."

A Bradford Council spokesman said: “There are only two Council-funded residents remaining at Ivy House, and efforts are under way to find alternative placements that meet their individual needs."

P&C Care Ltd yesterday failed to respond to requests by the Telegraph & Argus for a comment.