A second care home has been shut down by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after the watchdog identified "significant failings in safety and quality of care", just days after it shut a nearby care home owned by the same man.

On Friday, Grantley Court Nursing Home, in York Road, Sutton, run by Soondressen Cooppen, was also closed down.

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It followed three damning inspections by the CQC - the body charged with inspecting health and social care services across the country - in which the nursing home failed all the key standards.

These ranged from respect for residents to nutrition, safeguarding people from abuse, cleanliness and infection control, safety and availability of equipment, record keeping and the way it managed and supported staff.

All of the residents were moved out on Wednesday two days before it was shut down.

Last Tuesday, Merok Park Nursing Home, in Park Road, Banstead, was suddenly shut down by the CQC which said the owners, Mr Cooppen and his wife Maleenee, had been made aware of its concerns some time ago but had not taken urgent action to ensure the safety and welfare of its residents.

It said it had taken the action because the 27 residents living there - many of whom suffered with dementia - were at a significant risk of harm.

Residents were being washed with cold water, not given sufficient support to eat meals and lived in an under-staffed home smelling of urine, while some workers had not had any criminal records checks.

Mr and Mrs Coopen, a Mauritian couple who are understood to live in a £2m house in Cheam, are registered as the owners of a third home, Faygate House, in Mayfield Road, Sutton.

In a statement, Sally Warren, deputy chief inspector of adult social care in London, said: "CQC carried out unannounced inspections at Grantley Court Nursing Home in September 2014 and identified serious concerns around significant failings in the safety and quality of care.

"CQC issued the provider, Soondressen Cooppen, with a notice of proposal to remove CQC registration from the home.

"The provider did not appeal that notice, and contacted CQC to advise us that he would be closing the home by Friday 12 December.

"Subsequently, the local authority took the decision to move all the people living at the home by the end of Wednesday 10 December - including those who were funded by other bodies.

"Where CQC identifies failings which are serious enough to warrant action which will lead to the closure of a service, a decision has to be taken as to whether to follow our usual process to close a service, or if the risk to people is significant enough to warrant an urgent closure.

"We will take urgent action to cancel the registration of a provider where there is a serious risk to a person’s life, health or wellbeing.

"At Merok Park Nursing Home, the lack of hot water and broken lift - stranding some residents on upper floors - alongside serious staffing issues found, prompted urgent action based on these criteria.

"At Grantley House Nursing Home these criteria were not fulfilled, but CQC took quick action to initiate the normal closure process while keeping the home under careful scrutiny.

"CQC is working closely with Sutton Council regarding Faygate House and will continue to monitor the situation very closely.

"We will report back on any further action regarding that service in due course."

Today, Linda Cackett contacted this newspaper with regards to Grantley Court, where her 89-year-old mother lived from July until the end of September this year.

Ms Cackett said: "She arrived there with no infection and in reasonable health.

"Whilst there she lost weight, develped a severe life-limiting infection in her leg, sustained various injuries including a severely bruised face and stitches in her head."

She said she received a phone call from the CQC at the start of September: "They had taken an interest in my mother during their inspection because of severe bruising to her face.  

"I then received a call at the end of September to state that they were moving my mother and other residents to alternative homes."

Did you have a relative who was a resident at Merok Park or Grantley Court, or who lives at Faygate House? Contact Hardeep Matharu on the newsdesk by calling 020 8722 6346 or by emailing hmatharu@london.newsquest.co.uk.