Care provider ordered to pay £80k+ after CQC prosecution

A Liverpool care provider that failed in its duty to provide safe care and treatment has been ordered to pay £82,429.72 in fines and costs.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) brought the case at Liverpool Magistrates Court against the owners of Mossley Manor Care Home, following 14 offences including failing to provide safe care and treatment, failure to notify CQC of the deaths of 10 residents and of three serious incidents.

Owners Amjad Latif and Amer Latif pleaded guilty to all offences.

CQC inspectors were appalled at what they found during visits in the spring of 2015, the commission said.

The owners were fined £60,000 for failing to provide safe care and treatment and £20,800 for the 13 offences of failures to notify.

They were also ordered to pay the prosecution costs of £1,509.72 and a £120 victim surcharge.

CQC deputy chief inspector for adult social care Debbie Westhead said: ”Our inspectors found the services provided at Mossley Manor Care Home, Liverpool, fell well short of what people should expect, exposing some of the most vulnerable people in our society to unimaginable indignities.”

The home was closed by the CQC and residents found alternative accommodation by Liverpool City Council.