A RADCLIFFE care home is now safe for patients, according to healthcare inspectors.

In a report published this month, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said that failings at Hollybank Nursing Home had been addressed since they last visited.

Last September, the Bolton Road home was criticised for having unsafe bed rails and shower chairs, while inspectors also reported breaches in safe working practices in relation to the administration of medicines, the use of equipment and risk assessments.

However, following a focused re-inspection in February, the home has now been rated as 'Good' in all aspects.

Sandra Seymour, the home's group manager, said: "The management team and staff all continue to offer a high standard of care and are extremely happy that this is reflected in our good CQC report."

The report said: "We found that improvements had been made relating to the equipment being used to support people and around the home.

"However we have recommended that bed rail risk assessments were updated to reflect current guidance and legislation. Medicines were seen to be securely held.

"The managers understood the reason that detailed records were needed when 'as required' medicines for managing people's behaviours were used. This was to evidence that they had been administered appropriately.

"The service was well led. There was a manager in place who was registered with CQC. We had received all the notifications we should have, which is a statutory obligation of the provider."

The home, which is registered to provide nursing and residential care for up to 49 older people, was still being refurbished and had no nurses employed at the time of the visit.

Inspectors added: "We checked the shower areas in use at the Orchard Mews unit at the location. We saw that there were no shower chairs in place that could cause entrapment. In people's bedrooms where bed rails were being used we saw that bed rail covers were in place to help prevent entrapment."