Preston care home allowed staff with COVID-19 to continue working, reveal inspectors

The shocking findings have been revealed in a new report published by the Care Quality Commission, the Government department responsible for regulating and inspecting England's health and social care services.

Inspectors say they arrived unannounced at Aadamson House Care Home in Peel Hall Street on October 6 after concerns were reported in relation to the management of Covid-19.

The care home run by Mr Salim Adam, which began operating in July 2019, is now subject to "special measures" and faces being closed down if it fails to make "significant improvements", said the report.

Inspectors have expressed their disappointment with the running of the care home, which has been deemed "inadequate", after finding the service was "not safe, not effective, not always caring, not always responsive and not well-led".

They discovered that the care home had breached a number of safety requirements relating to the care and treatment of its 13 vulnerable residents.

Alarmingly, their report found that a member of staff had been allowed to continue working despite testing positive for Covid-19, as was another staff member who had reported having symptoms.

The report concluded that residents, staff and visitors were put at "serious risk of transmission of Covid-19 and other infectious disease" due to it breaching the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014.

Inspectors said that during their investigation, the care home's manager resigned and its provider, Mr Adam, was forced to employ a temporary manager.

What did the report say about Covid-19 concerns?

"The provider failed to consistently protect people, staff and visitors from catching and spreading infections including Covid-19", said the inspectors.

"People were exposed to the risk of harm because the provider failed to ensure a staff member who tested positive for Covid-19 isolated.