Meadowbank Care Home

1 Bowes Terrace, Dipton, Stanley, DH9 9HF

North East · County Durham · residential

Inadequate

Key question ratings

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

Inspection history

PublishedOverallChangeTransitionAI summary
2016-04-08InadequatenewUnratedInadequateMeadowbank Care Home received an Inadequate rating due to serious and widespread failures in safety, leadership, and person-centred care. The home had unsafe medicines administration practices, significant premises disrepair affecting residents' hygiene and dignity, poor infection control measures, and a task-focused rather than person-centred care culture. Without a registered manager in place and with ineffective oversight systems, the home failed to maintain safe standards or respond to residents' individual needs.