Three nurses have been struck off for their poor standard of care, which led in some cases to patient deaths.
Tembakazi Moyana, Daphne Richards and Rachel Tanta, who were all nurses at Brithdir Care Home, in Brithdir, near New Tredegar, were struck off today at a hearing in Cardiff by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Two other nurses who worked at the home were also rebuked by the NMC panel.
Susan Greening received a caution order, which will remain temporarily on her record, while Beverley Mock was suspended for one year.
The panel found that failings by all five amounted to misconduct.
At a disciplinary panel hearing in May this year, 86 out of 150 alleged failing were found proved against the five nurses plus one other.
The failings related to nine patients at the home between 2004 and 2006 and included poor management if patient sores, poor record keeping and poor care.
A NMC hearing earlier this month was told failings in connection with nurse Rachel Pritchard did not amount to misconduct.
The panel ruled that the poor care from Miss Moyana directly led to the deaths of three patients, while the care from Ms Tanta contributed to one.
Christine Hayes was director of nursing between 2003 and 2006 and had responsibility for commissioning care packages from Brithdir.
The NMC panel ruled that Mrs Hayes continued to move residents into Brithdir, despite knowing of serious concerns over poor standards there.
The care home was investigated by Gwent Police as part of Operation Jasmine – a multi-million pound investigation into alleged care home abuse launched in 2005.
Dr Prana Das, who owned the Brithdir Care Home, was at the centre of the investigation and was due to stand trial in 2013.
However, he suffered a serious brain injury following an attack by burglars and was deemed unfit to stand trial.
Operation Jasmine, which is estimated to have cost £15m was launched after the death of an 84-year-old woman and investigated the deaths of 63 people in care homes across South East Wales, including two in Caerphilly County Borough.
Brithdir Care Home has since been renamed and is now under new management.
The families of the patients at the home have said they will not give up the fight for justice.
Pamela Cook, whose father Stanley Bradford lived at the home, told the BBC: “We are definitely, as a group, going to try and take this forward.
“We are not giving up. It’s soul destroying, the effect it’s had on us.”
Not the first time Dr Daz homes failed
Week in week out done an article yrs ago
I worked for Daz 20 yrs ago after wk in wk out
Article n he use to lock nappys etc up
But u couldn’t blame the nurses n carers then 2.75 an hr we was on 12 hr shifts
I dont understand how, individuals, charge with the responsibility to care for the health and personal needs of someone, who cannot care for themselves, getting paid by that individual to do so, cannot be held criminally responsible when that care, or, in this case, lack of it, directly contributes to the death of that person. Particularly when the carers responsible are `qualified` and `regulated` by registration and training with a regulatory authority.
Dr Das is unable to stand trial? I wonder.