A RESIDENT received overdoses of medicine at a care home which has previously come under fire from the Care Quality Commission.

The Four Seasons in Breightmet has been graded by the Care Quality Commission as "requires improvement".

An inspection has revealed concerns, some serious, regarding the safe handling of medicines for all 12 people whose records were examined during the inspection.

A report published this month, following the visit in October, to check that medicines were being handled safely, stated: "During this inspection we found there were still areas of poor practice that were a cause for concern."

It added: "We saw that one person received overdoses of two of their medicines on two different days in October 2016.

"They were not harmed by either incident but the errors placed their health at risk of harm.

"The poor standard of record keeping was partially responsible for the error. During the inspection we saw that similar poor standards of record keeping could also have caused a similar medication error."

The inspection found that records showed that on some occasions people were given more medication than prescribed and on other occasions medication had been signed for but not given.

The home was placed in special measures in January of last year, and in August it was found to require improvement, although the majority of areas during that inspection were marked as good.

However inspectors found at the time: "At this inspection we found that the service has made significant improvements. However we found a number of failings in relation to the medication."

The latest inspection concluded the safety of the service still requires improvement as it was not consistently safe.

The report stated: "We found that people were not receiving their medication in a safe manner as prescribed. Medication was not always recorded as required."

The inspector did find that the number of missed doses had almost halved between August to October, but added: "If people miss doses of their medicines or are given too much medication their health is placed at risk of harm."

A HC-One spokesperson said:"Providing Residents with kind and quality care is at the heart of everything we do.

"We were disappointed with the CQC's findings, and we are working with the regulator to address its feedback and ensure our systems meet their expectations.

"Providing residents with their medicines is of utmost importance, and we have made significant improvements to our protocols and practices since the time of the CQC’s inspection. The home is being fully supported by senior colleagues and is working with all partners to make sure that the improvements we have put in place enable us to continue provide the kindest care to residents."