Glebe House said it had “taken the tough decision to voluntarily” suspend its services from the end of November following concerns raised by Ofsted.
Following an inspection in June the inspectorate found “widespread shortfalls in the management” at the home including concerns around lack of records relating to their oversight and decision making.
This meant “leaders and managers did not have the full information” about incidents at the home.
On one occasion a child had to attend hospital after wrongly receiving a double dose of their medication due to an error at the home.
Inspectors noted though that a newly appointed manager had already recognised the need to improve medication procedures and has commissioned outside support to reduce the likelihood of further mistakes.
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