DUMFRIES and Galloway Health and Social Care Partnership (DGHSCP) has been notified that the operators of Dalawoodie Nursing Home have agreed to the cancellation of their registration.
This follows the Care Inspectorate’s application to the Sheriff Court seeking the Cancellation of Registration, and means that Dalawoodie, at Newbridge, Dumfries, will stop operating as a nursing home by 28 October 2022.
Dalawoodie is now home to 23 residents, with some residents having already relocated to alternative accommodation.
DGHSCP is currently engaged with the operators of older adult care homes within Dumfries and Galloway, seeking to maximise existing capacity with the intention that all of Dalawoodie’s remaining residents will be offered suitable alternative accommodation within the region before the registration is cancelled.
Work is taking place with the operators of Dalawoodie to ensure residents continue to be supported in the interim. DGHSCP has committed a range of its own professional staff to assist the care home, and it intends to maintain a continued presence in order to provide the necessary support to the care home, and oversee the provision of good care to the residents.
Partnership Chief Officer Julie White said: “Our paramount concern here is the welfare of Dalawoodie’s residents, and their families.
“We are working with them to try and make the transition to new accommodation as comfortable as possible, but with a very real appreciation for the distress that may be being experienced and a recognition that some interim arrangements may be required until a resident’s preferred care home accommodation can be secured.
“Work continues to take place to strengthen and expand older adult care home provision within the region, as part of an ongoing partnership working with independent providers.”
