Care home residents poisoning allegations: exhumation

Care home poisoning probe police to exhume body - Independent

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"Detectives investigating suspicious deaths at a Somerset care home, which has since closed amid allegations of poisoning, are to exhume a body.

The body of Nellie Mary Pickford, 89, a former resident at Parkfields residential home, will be exhumed at midnight by officers at Glastonbury Cemetery.

Police are also investigating the deaths of six other elderly residents at the home, in the village of Butleigh.

The home's former managers, Rachel and Leigh Baker, were arrested following the death of 97-year-old Lucy Cox on New Year's Day. They have been released on police bail. "

Detectives are investigating seven deaths among residents at an elderly people's home in England

Care home shuts after two arrests as police investigate deaths

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"Detectives are investigating seven deaths among residents at an elderly people's home, which was closed yesterday following the arrest of a nurse and a chef on suspicion of poisoning.

The couple were released on bail after police questions about the death of 97-year-old Lucy Cox at the 16-bed private Parkfields home, in the Somerset village of Butleigh, near Glastonbury.

The pair were named as Rachel Baker, 45, a registered nurse who ran the home for 19 years until resigning in January, and her 48-year-old husband, Leigh."

"Health and safety rules at the home were flouted regularly, there was inadequate staffing, and muddled record keeping. The report, which included evidence from 10 residents, found the management to be "poor" with residents confined to their bedrooms for long periods, amid low standards of cleanliness and health care."