The details of seven private care homes where the quality of care has caused concern following a number of deaths have been revealed.
In August, West Sussex County Council said it had suspended new placements to eight homes run by Sussex Health Care, according to a BBC news report. Two sites in Horsham were identified at the time - The Laurels in Guildford Road and Orchard Lodge in Dorking Road.
The council has now named four more homes in Horsham, and one each in East Grinstead, Crawley and Billingshurst. All nine homes are run by Sussex Health Care and are currently the subject of a safeguarding investigation being undertaken by the county council, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Sussex Police amid allegations of ill treatment.
Nine care homes are facing an investigation: Beechcroft Care Centre, West Hoathy Road, East Grinstead; Beech Lodge, Guildford Road, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham; Kingsmead Lodge, Crawley Road, Roffey, Horsham; The Laurels, Guildford Road, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham; Longfield Manor, West Street, Billingshurst; Orchard Lodge, Tylden House, Dorking Road, Warnham, Horsham; Rapkyns Care Centre, Guildford Road, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham; Rapkyns Nursing Home, Guildford Road, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham; Woodhurst Lodge, Old Brighton Road, Pease Pottage, Crawley.
