West Sussex County Council (WSCC) is removing 52 residents from a nursing home citing safety concerns.
The county council has terminated its contract with Oakhurst Grange Nursing Home, in Goffs Park Road, after it was found to be failing in its quality of care.
The Bupa care home, which cares for people with dementia, was given two warning notices to make urgent improvements by the Care Quality Commission in December last year.
A follow up inspection published in April found the care home was still failing.
A county council spokesman said there had been some improvement in the standard of care, but the council did ‘not have the confidence that the improvements will reach recognized adequate care standards within an acceptable time frame or be sustained’.
Amanda Rogers, county council director of adults’ services, said: “We have worked in partnership with the home’s management team for many weeks to help the service to improve so we are disappointed that standards are still so poor that residents’ health, safety and welfare are at risk.
