A care home for dementia patients has been told to improve after inspectors ruled staff lacked qualifications and experience.

St Mary’s Court, based within the grounds of the Old Deanery, on Deanery Hill, Braintree, was deemed to require improvement in three out of five categories.

But the home is taking legal advice due to “factual inaccuracies” it believes are contained in the Care Quality Commission (CQC) report.

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