Drumbrae Care Home in Edinburgh ordered to make urgent improvements
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The Care Inspectorate has issued a formal improvement notice to Drumbrae Care Home
An Edinburgh care home has been ordered to make urgent improvements after an inspection raised "serious concerns".
The Care Inspectorate has issued a formal improvement notice to Drumbrae Care Home.
The care home needs to make changes by 28 February to avoid being struck from the register.
Urgent improvements include having enough trained and competent staff and putting in place "safe and effective" arrangements for providing medication.
The City of Edinburgh Council-run home has also been ordered to record and follow all instructions given by external health care professionals.
Further improvements include ensuring the care of residents is planned and delivered with "compassion, dignity and respect" and making sure staff are appropriately trained, particularly in moving people and using equipment to do so.
Monitor progress
A Care Inspectorate spokesman said: "The improvement notice we have issued clearly lays out the improvements we must see so that the care experienced by residents improves quickly.
"We will visit this care home again soon to check on progress and if we are not satisfied that the matters raised are being addressed urgently we will not hesitate to take further action.
"Everyone in Scotland has the right to safe, compassionate care which meets their needs and respects their rights."
A spokeswoman for the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership (HPSC), which combines NHS Lothian's community health services and City of Edinburgh Council's health and social care provision, said: "We take the care, safety and support of our care home residents very seriously.
"Work is ongoing with the Care Inspectorate to make sure Drumbrae Care Home is safe and comfortable and that we deliver the improvements required by the improvement notice.
"We took immediate action following feedback from our inspection in December, a highly experienced and long-standing care home manager from within the partnership has been put in place to oversee this work and monitor progress being made and they are being supported by the HSPC's senior management to drive the improvement we need to see."