Whitgift House, the care home on Brighton Road in South Croydon run by the Whitgift Foundation, has been rated as “Requires improvement” following its most recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission.
Staff shortage: the CQC report has rated Whitgift House as ‘Requires improvement’
The CQC found “breaches of legal regulations” and heard from people at the home who “felt isolated in their rooms”.
The just-published inspection report says that Whitgift House requires improvement under the “Safe” category, as well as for the home’s leadership.
The CQC report comes four years after Inside Croydon published an account from one of our readers explaining how staying at Whitgift House left them feeling “scared” on several occasions.
That report said that the home’s management blamed a shortage of staff for the shortcomings identified by our reader. Continue reading
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