An Abbey Wood care home has been placed in special measures after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) labelled all aspects of its service as 'Inadequate'.

Cedar Court Care Home at 138 Lensbury Way in the London borough of Bexley offers residential dementia care. Despite this purpose, one member of staff at Cedar Court told CQC investigators they did not know what Parkinson's was and said no one living at Cedar Court had the condition.

Another said they had only read about Parkinson's in books and never seen anyone with symptoms.

The CQC carried out its assessment from November 15, 2024 to March 6, 2025, publishing the report on its findings on May 29 this year. Key problems identified in the CQC report include:

Investigators described a "poor culture" at Cedar Court with a "level o

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