CQC takes urgent action at Care Home in Herne Bay

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) reported on Saturday that they had taken legal action to protect the safety of residents at Sea View Lodge care home following serious concerns about people’s welfare.

The CQC made an urgent application to Canterbury Magistrates’ Court on 8 June to cancel the registration of Sea View Lodge with immediate effect. The court granted the order for cancellation, although the owner of the care home subsequently appealed. Following the withdrawal of this appeal on the 27 July 2011, the provider’s registration now remains cancelled and the owners can no longer offer care services at Sea View Lodge.

The CQC has worked closely with other agencies responsible for monitoring care, particularly Kent County Council (KCC), which funds many people’s care and has a responsibility to investigate safeguarding concerns. KCC has found alternative placement for the remaining eight people who were living at the home.

Roxy Boyce, Regional Director for CQC in the South East, said: “We acted quickly to protect the safety and welfare of people at Sea View Lodge as soon as staff came forward with their concerns.

“All services must meet essential standards of care and we will take action where services are failing people.

“Closing a care home is never a decision taken lightly. These are places where people live and which they consider as their homes. But the only way to properly protect residents at Sea View Lodge was to close the home immediately, and move residents to other locations where care is of a better standard.”

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