A NURSING home where a patient with swallowing difficulties choked on fried bread, sausage and bacon has shut and is up for sale.

The incident was one concern in a catalogue of failures found by Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors who rated Elm Royd Nursing Home in Brighouse inadequate.

Residents have now been found alternative accommodation and the home, which closed in June, is now on the market with a guide price of £700,000.

The former home in Brighouse Wood Lane, which was registered to care for up to 50 older people including those with dementia, was inspected by the CQC in October 2015, December 2016 and again last month – and received the same rating each time.

When CQC inspectors visited in June the home, run by Halifax-based Elder Care Ltd, had not improved. Inspectors still found there were not enough staff to keep people safe, and there were times of up to an hour when no staff were in the communal areas.

One person had a severe choking episode after eating bacon, fried bread and sausage when they were supposed to have a soft diet because of swallowing difficulties. Staff were not aware this person required a soft diet, said the CQC inspectors.

Medicines were not being safely managed and weekly checks of emergency lighting, door guards and water temperatures had not been completed.

What people were given at mealtimes depended on whether they were on the ground floor or the first floor. On the ground floor, people were offered a choice of food and drink – which did not happen on the first floor.

NHS Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Calderdale Council had worked with the management and staff in an effort to improve standards within the home, even providing extra staff to give guidance.

However, the CQC took the decision to close the home and all people living there were moved to alternative accommodation by June 16.

Calderdale Council’s cabinet member for Adults, Health and Social Care, Councillor Bob Metcalfe said: “In order to ensure the safety and wellbeing of residents the CQC, CCG and Calderdale Council agreed on 12 June to work with residents and their families to help them find a suitable alternative home. All the residents have now moved to appropriate accommodation which meets their needs.”

Elder Care Ltd did not respond to a request for comment.