A CARE home has been taken out of special measures although inspectors say there is still room for improvement.

Prospect House Care Home on Blundells Lane, Rainhill had been branded ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission following an inspection in July 2016.

In the latest inspection, which took place in January, the home was ranked as ‘requires improvement’ with the service’s safety, effectiveness, responsiveness and being well led were all receiving the grade, care was found to be ‘good.’

Issues had been raised regarding safe storage and administration of medicines and the temperature on a fridge being too high. Inspectors noted improvements had been made but further progress was needed.

Recording of fridge temperatures had improved and controlled drugs were kept securely but there was “no system in place to regularly check the quantities of CDs”.

Inspectors found there was not “a robust system in place to check the quantities of medicines received into the service”.

Cleanliness had improved and measures were in place to minimise risk of infection.

The service was found to be “not always effective” and while improvements had been made to the environment, “further improvements were needed to make it more dementia friendly”.

The service was deemed “responsive” and “care records had improved” but inspectors added “a consistent approach is needed”.

Inspectors added “a longer term track record of consistent good practice” was needed for a ‘good’ rating in responsiveness.

The service was found to be “caring” with people’s “privacy, dignity and independence” respected and promoted. But it was “not always well led”.