THREE care providers in and around Oxford have not met the standards of the Government’s health watchdog.

The Care Quality Commission published three reports on March 31, criticising two care homes and a home-care provider for the elderly.

In their reports, the CQC said all of the three services inspected required improvements to meet acceptable standards.

At Beech Court Nursing Home, in Eynsham, inspectors from the CQC said that the home was not always safe and was not always well led.

In their report the inspectors said: “Arrangements for the evacuation of people in the event of a fire were not safe.”

The inspectors also found that the 12 residents at the 25-bed care home were not always protected from developing pressure sores.

Brookefield Care Home near Blackbird Leys required improvement in four of five fields.

Inspectors said: “The service was not always caring. We observed occasions where staff interactions were not caring.”

A spokeswoman for MHA, who run the care home, said: “We accept CQC’s findings and have since implemented an action plan to deliver the required improvements.

“We await CQC’s re-inspection and for them to find it has returned to a good standard.”

Home-care provider Caremark, who support 25 people in their homes, failed to meet all five standards.

Inspectors said: “People did not always receive information about their day-to-day care which was important to them. [But] people were very complimentary of the staff team and their caring approach.”

Since March last year 31 of the county’s 164 care providers have not met all of the CQC standards.

Caremark and the owner of Beech Court were unavailable for comment.