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The Care Quality Commission says action is need to improve the privacy, dignity and safety of patients going for surgery.

The care home was inspected on 25 March 2019 by the national body that checks the quality of social care services.

It is likely to take more than two years to relocate Focus House, for people with mental health needs, and the learning disability respite service, to sites that are fully fit-for-purpose.

In a third Local Government Ombudsman case made public this year, Reading Borough Council has been found at fault.

The Reading home care agency had 54 clients receiving visits from care workers, when it was checked in April 2019.