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Care home failed to call for medical help after elderly mum suffered fall weeks after breaking hip

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For the latest Rochdale news sign up to the MyRochdale newsletter here Care home staff failed to call for medical help after an elderly mum suffered a fall just weeks after breaking her hip.

The woman, who has since died after catching coronavirus in hospital, was only treated when her daughter found out the next day and insisted she was seen.

Rochdale council, which arranged her care, has now been told to apologise following an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.

The watchdog’s report says that ‘Mrs Y’ - who had dementia and was ‘unsteady on her feet’- suffered her first fall at the home in January last year.

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