PROBLEMS dogging Kington Court Health and Social Centre remain unresolved.

A ban on the admission of new patients remains in force and the minor injuries unit is open only occasionally.

Troubles at the £3 million health complex came to light last autumn following a report by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) which expressed concerns about the competence of some staff, some standards of care and bad record keeping.

Before Christmas, the CSCI restricted the admission of new patients and put the centre under close supervision.

It is understood the CSCI has now raised further issues and the restrictions remain in place.

Kington Court, celebrating its fifth birthday this month, is owned and operated by Blanchworth Care under a 15-year contract to provide services for Herefordshire Primary Care Trust and Herefordshire Council Paul Ryan, of the PCT, said the health trust was working closely with Blanchworth Care and a plan was in place to get all services restored as soon as possible, but that could not happen until theCSCI give the go-ahead.

Mr Ryan said Eardisley, the residential unit, Staunton, the nursing home unit, and the Logan Jack Unit for intermediate care were closed to new people but that all out-patients’ services at the centre were continuing as normal.

The minor injuries unit was not open on a regular basis. It is understood one of the problems is difficulty in recruiting trained staff.

When the restrictions were imposed Sally Roberts, partner and chief executive at Blanchworth Care, said they were confident all measures were in place to ensure existing residents were in good hands.