A CARE home run by the Salvation Army needs to improve.

Inspectors have visited Bradbury Home in Roots Hall Drive twice this year raising particular concerns about medical care.

The 36 bed home, which includes dementia care, was told at the start of the year staff had to focus on improving both the safety and leadership at the home.

Another inspection then took place, with the results just published, stating the home still requires improvement.

Inspectors accepted patient safeguarding now met legal requirements and the recruitment of staff had improved.

However the Care Quality Commission reported the management needed to work on ensuring residents received their required medication.

Attention also needed to be paid to ensure that it was administered competently by suitably trained staff.

The CQC was not confident this was happening.

It was also found the facility was not consistently well-led, and although monitoring processes had seen a marked improvement, medicine management and evaluation processes needed to be better established.

While issues remain patients told inspectors they felt safe and well-cared for at the facility.

A spokesman for the the Salvation Army said: “We are pleased the improvements we have made have been recognised by the CQC and that they have reported that residents feel they are being looked after well.

“However, we are obviously disappointed that we have not quite yet met the standards expected.

“The wellbeing and safety of our residents is our priority.

“We are committed to working closely with CQC to ensure continued improvement.

“Since the previous inspection we have been working on the action plan agreed with CQC. We have continued to recruit new staff and focus on the training needed to address the issues identified in the report. While we work towards attaining the expected standards, we will continue to provide additional support to ensure we keep monitoring progress.”