Howlish Hall Residential Care Home

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First report 10 Jul 2025•Latest report 10 Jul 2025

Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Reports naming this recipient by issue year.

* 2026 is projected from reports observed to 7 Sep 2026.

Reports
1

Naming this recipient

Published responses
0%

Found for named reports

Concerns addressed
0

Across all linked responses

Stated actions
0

Described in responses

Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Howlish Hall Residential Care Home linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. County Durham and Darlington

    AI-generated summary

    Patricia Heaviside · Prevention of Future Deaths report

    This summary was generated using AI from the published report. Please read the original report for the complete account.

    Report summary

    Patricia Heaviside, a resident of Howlish Hall Care Home, suffered an unwitnessed fall on 4 October 2024, fractured her left hip, and died on 26 December 2024 as a consequence of the fracture. Concerns included the failure to implement recommended falls-prevention equipment, failures to share relevant information with family and social services, and apparent reluctance to provide adequate resources for falls prevention. The report also raised concerns that no DoLS assessment application appeared to have been made despite her lack of mental capacity and inability to keep herself safe.

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    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Howlish Hall Residential Care Home; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to put recommended falls prevention equipment in place

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) Despite recommendations for falls prevention equipment being made by the Community Falls Service in August 2023, no falls prevention equipment was put in place by the time of the Deceased’s fall in fall October 2024 (2) Despite the social worker expressing concern about the lack of falls prevention equipment on 27 September 2024, no falls equipment was put in place prior to the Deceased’s fall on 4 October 2024. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Howlish Hall Residential Care Home; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Reluctance to provide adequate resources for falls prevention equipment

    Wider context from the report

    “(4) On 5 August 2024 (following a fall, but before the more significant fall on 4 October 2024), the Deceased’s family were told by the Deputy Manager of Howlish Hall that the owner of Howlish Hall “probably wouldn’t want to pay for a sensor mat”. (5) I received evidence that, subsequent to the Deceased’s death, there had been a reluctance on the part of ████████ (who was believed to be the owner of Howlish Hall Care Home) to provide adequate resources for falls prevention equipment. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Howlish Hall Residential Care Home; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to apply for DoLS assessments for residents lacking mental capacity

    Wider context from the report

    “(6) Despite it being recognised that the Deceased lacked mental capacity to make decisions about where she lived and was unable to keep herself safe, it appears that the home did not make any application for a DoLS assessment for the Deceased. Indeed I received evidence that when a new home manager was appointed at Howlish Hall in January 2025 none of the residents were subject to a DoLS, despite a large number of the residents lacking mental capacity. ”
    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Howlish Hall Residential Care Home; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to pass on Community Falls Service recommendations to family and social services

    Wider context from the report

    “(3) Information about the Community Falls Service recommendations was not passed on to the family, or to social services. ”
    Open source report
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Data last updated 7 September 2026