Council received dozens of incident reports before care home closed

ALMOST 100 incidents of concern were reported to Barnsley Council in a 12-month period about a care home before it was shut down.

Woodlands Lodge Care Home, based on Hawshaw Lane in Hoyland, cared for people with dementia but had its contract terminated by the council last year.

A Freedom of Information request shows that a total of 98 incidents of ‘concern’ were raised with Barnsley Council between September 2023 and August 2024.

Low-level concern and safeguarding concerns were the two most-commonly reported issues.