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Aug 2022
The Harrogate care home where rodent droppings were found is no longer registered by the Care Quality Commission.
Government inspectors put Mary Fisher House in special measures this year after discovering rodent droppings in the kitchen and finding some medicine practices to be “unsafe”.
The CQC report detailing the findings, which also said bedrooms “smelt strongly of urine”, was published in April.
The health and social care regulator subsequently said it had "taken action to protect the safety and welfare of people living at the home" by moving them them to other homes.
But it added its legal processes did not allow it to go into further detail at the time because care provider Svivekcaregroup Limited could appeal its findings.
An updated version of the report, released this month after the appeal deadline passed, revealed the CQC had issued notice of a proposal to cancel the home's registration.
In June, Svivekcaregroup indicated the home, which catered for up to 24 residents on Cold Bath Road, was likely to reopen.
The Stray Ferret has attempted to contact Svivekcaregroup to ask if it still planned to re-open Mary Fisher House or had other plans for the building but has not received a response.
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