Inquest - Staff suspended after missing dementia sufferer Roy Tomlinson from nantwich

An inquest into the tragic death of a dementia sufferer who wandered out of a Nantwich care home, will take place before a jury in May.

Roy Tomlinson, 83, died on February 4 last year after going missing from Brookfield House care home on Shrewbridge Road.

His disappearance almost 12 months ago sparked one of the largest searches in Nantwich, with hundreds of police and residents joining in.

He was found six days later in an outbuilding of a private property just a few hundred yards away.

The retired teacher was taken to Leighton Hospital but died soon after, from suspected hypothermia.

The inquest was originally set for this month (January 2017).

But this has now been put back to May 9-12, a four-day hearing before a jury at Warrington Coroners Court before Cheshire Senior Coroner Alan Moore.

A Care Quality Commission investigation into Brookfield House care home concluded last summer that there had been a number of failings and it was placed in “special measures”.

CQC inspectors visited the facility again and in their latest report published in November, concluded the home still “required improvement” in four of the five areas.

However, the report also states that residents at the home “feel safe”.

The report added: “People who used the service told us that they felt safe and well cared for.

“There had been significant improvements to the security of the premises.

“A number of safety measures had been implemented to maintain the safety of people living at the service.

“We found that medicines were managed and administered safely in the home and people received their medicines as prescribed.

“We found at this inspection that a number of improvements had been made to the service.

“The registered provider needs to demonstrate these improvements can be sustained over a longer period of time.”

View the full inspection report here.

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