Channel 4 News has recognized at the least eight complaints to the CQC concerning the alleged behaviour of Slaney-Summers throughout 4 completely different care houses, spanning 2014 to 2021.
6mBy Jamie Roberton
The care regulator has been accused of failing to behave on a number of warnings a few care dwelling supervisor who faked a resident’s will to steal her property, Channel 4 News can reveal.
At least six separate complaints have been made to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) – together with yet another than a decade earlier than Jamiel Slaney-Summers was capable of goal Rita Barnsley inside Amberley Care Home in Dudley.
Two additional safeguarding issues have been instantly raised with England’s care regulator concerning the monetary abuse of Miss Barnsley, together with a notification that was logged six months earlier than the 84-year-old’s dying in August 2021.
Slaney-Summers was jailed for five-and-a-half years at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Friday after being convicted of making an attempt to steal nearly all of Miss Barnsley’s £175,000 fortune.
Her former bosses and co-convicted – Lyn and Graham Walker – shall be sentenced at a later date.
Channel 4 News has spoken to a number of former colleagues of Slaney-Summers in addition to the daughter of a girl who raised critical concern about her mom’s security underneath the disgraced care dwelling supervisor.
Allegations embody:
– Slaney-Summers utilized make-up to an aged girl who had suffered extreme bruising in a fall previous to an inspection go to
– Slaney-Summers was bodily abusive to an aged man in his bed room
– The disgraced care dwelling supervisor lied concerning the daughter of a resident in an try to place herself as the principle next-of-kin
Trading Standards for Dudley Council has confirmed that investigations are underneath means into an extra 9 potential victims of Slaney-Summers within the wake of the Rita Barnsley case.
Slaney-Summers and the legislation agency representing her failed to answer a number of requests for a response to the contemporary allegations.
The CQC didn’t touch upon the repeated warnings and allegations it obtained however mentioned Ms Slaney-Summers’ actions have been “disturbing”, including that it was “contemplating what additional regulatory motion we might take” to guard care dwelling residents.
‘Did you inherit the home?’
Channel 4 News has recognized at the least eight complaints to the CQC concerning the alleged behaviour of Slaney-Summers throughout 4 completely different care houses, spanning 2014 to 2021.
Sarah Eaglesfield mentioned she complained to the regulator in January 2019 whereas her mom was in Slaney-Summers’ care in Cedarwood Care Centre in Birmingham.
Ms Eaglesfield alleged that Slaney-Summers would “make up lies about me”, now believing this was an try to “drive a wedge between me and my mom when there was an enormous inheritance at stake”.
She mentioned Slaney-Summers messaged after her mom’s dying to ask: “Did you inherit the home?”
Ms Eaglesfield criticised the CQC for failing to “dig a bit deeper” into Slaney-Summers, arguing they might have uncovered proof earlier than she was capable of prey on Rita Barnsley at Amberley Care Home.
‘Make-up to cover resident’s bruises’
Julia Botfield, who was the chef at Amberley for a decade, described Slaney-Summers as a “narcissistic bully”, alleging that she would typically witness her shouting at susceptible residents who had dementia.
Ms Botfield mentioned she complained to the CQC in early 2020 after claiming she witnessed a bodily incident involving Slaney-Summers and an aged resident which left him “screaming in ache”.
Another former Amberley employee, who wished to stay nameless, mentioned she notified the regulator along with her allegation that Slaney-Summers boasted about utilizing make-up to cowl up extreme bruising on a resident who had a fall forward of a CQC inspection.
After watching protection of Rita Barnsley’s case in October, the previous employee – who mentioned she was pushed out of her job by Slaney-Summers – advised Channel 4 News: “I simply cried to my husband. Maybe I might have held on for longer and executed one thing.”
Multiple former Amberley employees mentioned that Slaney-Summers would typically declare she had “mates on the CQC” and that she had been positioned in administration on the dwelling to enhance requirements. All mentioned they believed this was an try to intimidate workers into not elevating issues.
The regulator mentioned it had “no document of Jamiel Slaney-Summers having labored for the CQC”.
‘Betrayed her’
At one stage of the sentencing listening to on Friday, Judge John Butterfield KC rebuked the packed public gallery – full with Slaney-Summers’ former colleagues – for erupting into laughter when the 65-year-old was described by her defence barrister as a “basically caring” individual.
Judge Butterfield mentioned Slaney-Summers was the “driving power” of the development of the pretend will, describing her actions as “inherently stunning, outrageous”.
He advised Slaney-Summers: “You betrayed her and your tasks to her – lies seem to drip fluidly out of your tongue”.
The choose additionally highlighted the actions of Verna Woolley – Miss Barnsley’s cousin and solely shut relative who raised the alarm – praising her “tenacity and refusal to simply accept injustice”.
“She smelt a rat and was proper to take action”.
Chris Badger, the CQC’s chief inspector of grownup social care, mentioned: “This is a deeply regarding case and reveals how necessary it’s for suppliers of social care companies to have in place sturdy measures to root out monetary abuse and maintain folks secure.
“In gentle of this verdict, we shall be contemplating what additional regulatory motion we might take and the way this can inform our work in serving to to maintain folks secure from abuse akin to this.”
The watchdog added: “When we obtain data of concern a few service, we supply out checks to ensure persons are secure, and we are going to make the mandatory legally required referrals to associate organisations together with native authority safeguarding groups or police as applicable.”
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