Nursing homes "fail" in care standards

It has been reported in an overview of council-funded care services that nursing homes for elderly residents in London were among the worst for quality of care, with nearly one in five rated "adequate" or "poor".
 
The worst homes failed to give patients their medicine, provided poor quality meals and fell short of basic standards for hygiene. The Care Quality Commission is warning that whilst the quality of most residential and nursing homes has improved in the last two years, services are still patchy and face an uncertain future as funding is cut.