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Jun 2022
A Harrogate care home that closed after a highly critical report by government inspectors has indicated it plans to reopen after refurbishment.
Mary Fisher House, on Cold Bath Road, was rated inadequate and put into special measures in April by health and social care regulator the Care Quality Commission.
The CQC report, which followed an inspection in February, found evidence of rodent droppings in the kitchen, said some bedrooms smelled of urine, described medicines practices as unsafe and said there were insufficient staff to safely support people.
Residents were subsequently moved out of the four-storey home, which is run by private care provider Svivekcaregroup Care Group Limited.
The final residents left just over a week ago and the home closed.
But a statement by solicitors acting on behalf of Svivekcaregroup indicated the home, which caters for up to 24 residents, is likely to reopen.
The statement said the company was "naturally very disappointed with the CQC report", adding:
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