File photo of Tugay Akman, chief executive of Jeesal. Picture: Colin Finch
- Credit: Colin Finch
A business owner has vowed he will never own a hospital again as liquidators have been called in.
Cawston Park hospital, near Aylsham, which cares for people with learning disabilities, will close down by May 14 with the loss of 120 jobs.
Cawston Park. Picture: EDP Library/submitted
Mr Akman said: Because the hospital is unable to trade there is no longer a going concern. That is why we called in liquidators. I will never own a hospital again. It s a lose-lose situation - there are so many people pulling in different directions.
The hospital s troubles started after a CQC inspection in February 2019, when it was rated Requires Improvement because of concerns over the way staff were dealing with patients in seclusion - for example, not ensuring they had required medical and nursing reviews.
At that time, the hospital had 46 patients.
After inspections in June and July 2019 the rating fell to Inadequate , and the hospital was put into special measures after inspectors returned in November 2019.
During that inspection, the CQC found an unbagged stool sample in a medication fridge on one of the wards, which had been there for more than two months.
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