A Nottinghamshire care home that was forced shut by health inspectors has been placed into liquidation owing more than £95,000. Residents were moved out of The Firs Residential Care Home on Old Epperstone Road in Lowdham on April 4 following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
The CQC, which regulates health and adult social care in England, suspended the registration of the provider and rehoused all 11 of its residents after it was inspected on April 1 and 2. Bosses at the care home were given three months to make improvements and avoid being closed for good, but documents filed with the London Gazette show the business has now been put into liquidation – seemingly signalling the home’s permanent closure.
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