£90k fine for care home lift shaft fall

A care home firm in Flintshire has been fined £90,000 after one of its staff – a newly-recruited care home manager – fell down a lift shaft.

Pearlcare Wellfield Limited was found guilty of four health and safety breaches at Mold Crown Court after Lorraine Carter was seriously injured in the incident at the Wellfield Residential Care Home in Wood Lane, Hawarden.

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