Barchester Lancaster Grange Care Home

From the outside and from first impressions Lancaster Grange gives the impression it is modern well equipped care home , which could justify the highest care fees of any care home in the vicinity of Newark. Based on reviews since it opened it has clearly justified a high reputation for the care it offered. However , for more than a year now the home has suffered from poor management which has resulted in some indifferent levels of care. As a result in the latest CQC report from the inspection in June 2019 it is now only rated as Inadequate . As a result the home has voluntarily stopped taking in new admissions. There are clear issues with the staffing levels , particularly for those in need of additional medical care. Newark deserves and needs a care home with better levels of care than Lancaster Grange is delivering today. Let’s hope the Barchester Group , rather than exploit the most needy with their high fees , do invest money back with the right level of management and the resources to train staff , and to raise the standard of care back to a far better level than today. Thank you to those members of the support staff who daily do have the mindset to do their utmost to help residents , whilst working under such difficult circumstances.
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