A WORKER is to appear in court accused of assaulting a resident at a nursing home at the centre of a probe over its standards of care.

Police have charged and bailed the 62-year-old Bradford woman following an investigation into allegations of assault at Ivy House in Shipley.

She has been bailed to appear before Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court next month.

A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "The woman from Bradford was arrested last December and charged earlier this week."

The move follows revelations in the Telegraph & Argus last Saturday that Ivy House had failed a further inspection by the Care Quality Commission.

Standards at Ivy House nursing home were branded 'inadequate' by the CQC following a surprise inspection which took place last November.

The home had previously been visited in April when its owner P&C Care Ltd was was told improvements were needed.

The most recent visit showed the home was still failing to provide care which was safe, effective, responsive or well-led, said CQC inspectors.

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

The home's registered manager Patrick Berry, who is also a director of owners P&C Care Ltd, was said to "not have good understanding of governance".

Residents' safety was said to be 'compromised' with "no lessons learned from accidents, incidents and complaints".

Areas of the home were said to pose a risk to residents' health.

The report also described how residents who needed incontinence support had to use communal pants and pads rather than their own supply.

The inspectors branded this as 'unacceptable'.

At the time of the CQC's second visit in November there were 23 people living in the home, but "serious concerns" about the way it was being run 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 remained at the home last week.

The CQC said a further visit would take place to check improvements are in place.

Bradford Council, which funds two residents there, has said efforts are being made to find accommodation to meet these people's needs.

P&C Care failed to respond to requests by the T&A for a comment on the situation.