Lower Farm Care Home with Nursing

126 Grimston Road, South Wootton, Kings Lynn, PE30 3PB

East · Norfolk · nursing

Inadequate

Key question ratings

Safe
Inadequate
Caring
Requires improvement
Well-led
Inadequate
Effective
Requires improvement
Responsive
Requires improvement

Inspection history

PublishedOverallChangeTransitionAI summary
2016-08-17InadequatenewUnratedInadequateLower Farm Care Home with Nursing received an Inadequate rating because of serious failures in safety, governance, and staff competency. Critical issues included insufficient staffing levels causing unsafe delays in care, unsafe medication management with missed doses, lack of proper recruitment checks, absent fire safety procedures, and failure to follow Mental Capacity Act requirements. Additionally, the home lacked an effective quality assurance system to identify and address these systemic problems.
2016-01-07UnratedUnratedUnrated
2015-07-09UnratedUnratedUnrated
2013-11-30UnratedUnratedUnrated
2012-12-29UnratedUnratedUnrated
2012-04-10UnratedUnratedUnrated