A large care home provider in Norfolk, pleaded guilty to putting people at risk of avoidable harm due to
its failure to ensure windows at one of its homes were safe.
A 70-year-old male sustained minor injuries to his head, hands and legs after being found in the grounds of Mountfield, Norwich
having exited from a first-floor window.
It was found the restrictors, put in place to prevent windows opening wide enough for people to climb out of or fall through, were not adequate at the home.
They could be manually overridden & did not comply with the recognised safety standards for health & social care sector .
In addition to the fine, Norse Care was ordered to pay £11,000 costs to the CQC, which brought this criminal prosecution, and a £170 victim surcharge