QUALITY watchdogs have put yet another Bradford care home into special measures.

Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors ranked West Bank Care Home in Crow Tree Lane, Girlington, as inadequate after two unannounced visits in March this year.

The privately owned home, which has up to ten residents living there with mental illness, was found to be unsafe and not well led.

Inspectors said the home, which has shared bedrooms, was not being maintained safely. There were no window restraints and water at several points in the home was running at scalding temperatures. The home’s call system was also not working.

Decor, furnishings and cleanliness standards were also poor, said the inspectors’ report and the way medicines were being managed needed to be improved.

However, residents did tell inspectors they felt safe with the care they were getting. Staff were found to be helpful, noted the inspectors and the home had a “nice” atmosphere.

A spokesman for the home said: “We responded quickly to all the points picked up on by the inspectors and actioned them to make necessary improvements. We’re happy the people in our care feel safe with the care we give them.”

The home has six months to make all the improvements and changes needed before it is reviewed.

In the latest round of CQC reports, four other Bradford homes were ranked as requiring improvements, they are The Beeches in Beacon Road, Wibsey; Emm Lane Care Home in Emm Lane, Heaton; Parkfield House Care Home in Thwaites Brow Road, Keighley and Housing & Care 21at Staveley Court in Staveley Road, Keighley which supports people to stay independent in their own flats.

The Bradford homes were among 95 reports published this week by the CQC on the quality of care provided by adult social care services across the North its inspectors have visited.

Out of those one was rated Outstanding, 44 were ranked as Good, 42 Require Improvement and eight were Inadequate.

Debbie Westhead, CQC’s Deputy Chief Inspector for Adult Social Care in the North, said: “People are entitled to services which provide safe, effective, compassionate and high quality care. If that is what we find on inspection - we give the service a rating of Good, or Outstanding.

“If we find that a service requires improvement, we will expect them to provide us with a full plan setting out how they will address the issue. We will share our findings with local commissioners, and we will return in due course to check that they have made the required improvements. Whenever we find a service to be Inadequate, we will take further action on behalf of the people who use the service.”

To see the reports in full go to cqc.org.uk.