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Care worker arrested after elderly patient dies

Police investigating the death of a care home resident have arrested an employee of the home on suspicion of assault.

The 36-year-old woman worked at the Partridge Care Centre in Harlow, Essex, a privately-run home where one woman died and two others were taken to hospital through what were believed to be overdoses of insulin. Essex County Council and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have both launched investigations and the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate has said that it is looking into the care and treatment of residents.

A spokesman said: "Investigators have spoken to family members and residents at the care centre as part of their ongoing inquiries." He added that a number of organisations including the CQC were reviewing all the care procedures currently in operation at the centre.

The home, which is run by the Rushcliffe Care Group, was given an "adequate" grading by the regulator in the most recent inspection which criticised its medication regime and said that records were not being kept accurately.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8701607/Essex-care-worker-arrested-after-insulin-death.html

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