Inspectors report concern at Cambridge care home’s standards

A care home for young disabled people failed to meet essential standards of care according to a health and social care watchdog.

Cambridge House, which cares for young adults with learning and physical disabilities, failed to meet two major standards during an unannounced visit by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Inspectors found the home lacked “comprehensive assessments and care plans” for its six residents.

A report said: “People did not have consistent and comprehensive assessments and care plans for their needs, including their health care needs.

“This meant they were at risk of receiving unsafe or inappropriate care.”

The Haverhill facility also failed fully to protect them from having their money taken or misplaced.

The report said: “People’s personal money was not sufficiently robustly managed to ensure they were not at risk of financial abuse.”

The News contacted the care home, run by Cambridge Care Homes Ltd, but staff declined to comment.

This inspection was one of 150 unannounced inspections of hospitals and care homes that care for people with learning disabilities.

A national report into the findings of the programme will be published later this year.