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Updated: Eleven arrested after raid on New Forest nursing home

11:40am Friday 30th July 2010 in


ELEVEN people have been arrested in an immigration raid on a New Forest nursing home.

Officers from the UK Border Agency swooped on Linford Park Nursing Home in Poulner, near Ringwood, at 6am yesterday after a tip-off.

Three members of staff were also arrested by public protection officers "regarding the standard of care provided to a resident".

Emergency care staff from a number of health agencies, including Social Services and Ambulance crew, have been brought in to run the home and to assist in moving 34 people to alternative accommodation.

A spokesman from the Care Quality Commission told the Daily Echo none of the original members of staff were working at the site today.

She added: "The safety and wellbeing of the residents is our number one priority.

"We have worked closely with Hampshire County Council to ensure residents are protected and well looked after.

"We will monitor the situation extremely closely over the next few days and will take any further action that may be required."

The home, in Linford Park Road, was rated adequate and given one star in its latest inspection by the Commission For Social Care.

On its website the business is described as being "designed by the needs of our residents" and a place where "dignity, privacy, comfort and personal choice are at the heart of our ethos".

Hampshire County Council's executive member for adult social care, Felicity Hindson, said: "The care and wellbeing of the frail residents at the home near Ringwood is paramount and we have been carrying out individual assessments during the day.

"We have had to move a number of the most vulnerable and frail elderly people to alternative care.

"These include some residents who are the responsibility of other agencies and we are working closely with those authorities and our colleagues in the health service.

A spokesman for the UK Border Agency said: "The operation was intelligence-led and targeted immigration offenders working illegally at the home.

“Eleven people have been detained by the UK Border Agency.”

He added that the raid was supported by Hampshire County Council’s adult services department.

Comments(36)

West Howe Sean says...
9:17am Fri 30 Jul 10

Arresting people that are hard working and trying to support themselves while doing a very worthwhile job seems ridiculous. The potential fine here is £55,000 - that could put the home out of business.
If people want to work why don't we let them work.

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likestocomplain says...
9:50am Fri 30 Jul 10

West Howe Sean wrote:
Arresting people that are hard working and trying to support themselves while doing a very worthwhile job seems ridiculous. The potential fine here is £55,000 - that could put the home out of business. If people want to work why don't we let them work.
BUT THEY ARE ILLEGAL should be in the country let alone work. as for the home its about time it was shut down!!! probably the worst around

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contric says...
10:21am Fri 30 Jul 10

if we want to get rid of these hard working people who are lowly paid doing a job that benefits people i think we are mad the people that should be kicked out the geldof girls prince andrews pig like daughters the osbourne kids and other useless parasites that do nothing for people like you and me

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High Treason says...
10:21am Fri 30 Jul 10

West Howe Sean wrote:
Arresting people that are hard working and trying to support themselves while doing a very worthwhile job seems ridiculous. The potential fine here is £55,000 - that could put the home out of business. If people want to work why don't we let them work.
The nursing home is probaly not paying the going rate for the job, probaly not paying NI and tax contributions and those employed probaly have no previous experience in caring. Therefore others are paying for them to be in the UK. Make the fine massive with a long jail term and deport the illegals. UK PLC is broke and full.

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baron hardup says...
10:41am Fri 30 Jul 10

High Treason wrote:
West Howe Sean wrote: Arresting people that are hard working and trying to support themselves while doing a very worthwhile job seems ridiculous. The potential fine here is £55,000 - that could put the home out of business. If people want to work why don't we let them work.
The nursing home is probaly not paying the going rate for the job, probaly not paying NI and tax contributions and those employed probaly have no previous experience in caring. Therefore others are paying for them to be in the UK. Make the fine massive with a long jail term and deport the illegals. UK PLC is broke and full.
Can"t argue with that my friend.

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TinyLegacy says...
11:00am Fri 30 Jul 10

It's not difficult is it... break the law, you get punished.

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fedupwithjobsworths says...
12:06pm Fri 30 Jul 10

.... and how many people in the UK are unemployed? It's time to make some of them work or lose their benefits.

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180169 says...
1:01pm Fri 30 Jul 10

TinyLegacy wrote:
It's not difficult is it... break the law, you get punished.
But the law is an ****.....

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ski says...
1:10pm Fri 30 Jul 10

180169 wrote:
TinyLegacy wrote: It's not difficult is it... break the law, you get punished.
But the law is an ****.....
So you wouldnt mind being out of work due to Illegal workers undercutting you not paying NI insurance etc etc.The law may be an **** in many ways but not in this case.

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jollybaggins says...
1:20pm Fri 30 Jul 10

West Howe Sean wrote:
Arresting people that are hard working and trying to support themselves while doing a very worthwhile job seems ridiculous. The potential fine here is £55,000 - that could put the home out of business. If people want to work why don't we let them work.
Your selective attention seems to have missed the part in this story that says that some of them were also arrested regarding the "Standard of care provided to a resident".
That means thay weren't doing the job that they were supposed to, and also covers abuse of the elderly. Would you like these illegals looking aftr your loved ones?

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Perry_Winkle says...
1:27pm Fri 30 Jul 10

contric wrote:
if we want to get rid of these hard working people who are lowly paid doing a job that benefits people i think we are mad the people that should be kicked out the geldof girls prince andrews pig like daughters the osbourne kids and other useless parasites that do nothing for people like you and me
So what is it you want Peaches Geldof or Kelly Osbourne to do for you? No, don't answer that...

I don't think any of them (except maybe to an extent the York kids) are living off 'people like you and me', but it does look you'd like to live off them. Probably a Labour voter, aren't you?

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Tiger Tim says...
2:04pm Fri 30 Jul 10

Perry_Winkle wrote:
contric wrote:
if we want to get rid of these hard working people who are lowly paid doing a job that benefits people i think we are mad the people that should be kicked out the geldof girls prince andrews pig like daughters the osbourne kids and other useless parasites that do nothing for people like you and me
So what is it you want Peaches Geldof or Kelly Osbourne to do for you? No, don't answer that...

I don't think any of them (except maybe to an extent the York kids) are living off 'people like you and me', but it does look you'd like to live off them. Probably a Labour voter, aren't you?
Whats his opinion got to do with whichever party he votes you ignorant A**

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Perry_Winkle says...
2:20pm Fri 30 Jul 10

"Whats his opinion got to do with whichever party he votes you ignorant A**"

Pretty much everything, I'd have thought - if he or she (I'll assume 'he' given the obvious rage in his comment) doesn't vote based on his opinion, what does decide how he votes? The paper he reads? Whether the candidate is a woman or not? The weather?

Dumb response, and 'ignorant' right back at you Tiger Tim (*definitely* a Labour voter, and probably a Sun reader).

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denisd says...
2:48pm Fri 30 Jul 10

A sad but true indictment of the attitude of people today who don't want to do these menial jobs. They are ill-paid and anti-social.
The consequence is that there are people from other countries who are willing to come here and work.
Even if they are paid the lowest rate possible, it is probably much more than they can earn in their own country.
I don't agree with all the present Government policies, but I can see their reasoning in trying to get some of the hard core unemployed back to work.
Having said all that, these workers were allegedly illegal. The owners of the home cannot claim ignorance. They know the necessary checks there are to ascertain a worker's status. If they choose to ignore that system and take a chance on cheaper labour, they can't complain when they are caught.

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oneshortleg says...
3:14pm Fri 30 Jul 10

I worked therea an agency care worker about 15 years ago, it was bad then the standard of care and lots of dubious employees nothing would suprise me about that place.

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contric says...
3:17pm Fri 30 Jul 10

perri-winkle i did not vote labour and i dont read the sun what i would like from the people i mentioned and the lazy bone idle people that leave school and go onto a miserable life of benefits is for them to do something productive something beneficial for other people at some stage in later life i might need the services of a care home so people that are prepared to do something positive like get a job and stand on their own two feet get my vote as i have said before i dont think anyone under the age of 24 should be able to claim benefits unless exceptional circumstances but i cant see the difference between the kids of geldof osbourne prince andrew and many more and the bone idle youngsters of today who by their actions tell me they are not going to do anything for anyone but themselves and i still stand by my comment they are all parasites right or wrong that is my opinnion

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180169 says...
3:22pm Fri 30 Jul 10

I don't think I'd want to work in a nursing home if my parents were multi millionaires either. Are you jealous of these people, Contric?

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contric says...
3:40pm Fri 30 Jul 10

i am certainly not jealous of anyone as i am well of enough to do and buy more or less what i want but that doesnt stop my youngest son volunteering to work in a school for handicapped kids and it even cost him money ie crb check and bus fares and the other boy helping the young lads at the local church coaching them at football because he realises you must put something back and not be a taker i am sure my boys in their life will be good members of society unlike the useless parasites i have already mentioned

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Tiger Tim says...
3:41pm Fri 30 Jul 10

Perry_Winkle wrote:
"Whats his opinion got to do with whichever party he votes you ignorant A**"

Pretty much everything, I'd have thought - if he or she (I'll assume 'he' given the obvious rage in his comment) doesn't vote based on his opinion, what does decide how he votes? The paper he reads? Whether the candidate is a woman or not? The weather?

Dumb response, and 'ignorant' right back at you Tiger Tim (*definitely* a Labour voter, and probably a Sun reader).
Are you sure your name is Perry and not "Little".
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The assumptions that some of you people make is almost unreal. You brand everyone with being a Labour supporter because they have a slightly different angle to things than you. Rather small minded i would suggest.
.
In that case we may therefore assume that you are one of the Tory "blue rinse" brigade because of your somewhat snpobbish contribution.

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180169 says...
3:45pm Fri 30 Jul 10

contric wrote:
i am certainly not jealous of anyone as i am well of enough to do and buy more or less what i want but that doesnt stop my youngest son volunteering to work in a school for handicapped kids and it even cost him money ie crb check and bus fares and the other boy helping the young lads at the local church coaching them at football because he realises you must put something back and not be a taker i am sure my boys in their life will be good members of society unlike the useless parasites i have already mentioned
Ah yes. But your biased towards them. Maybe they're glad to get out of the house for a bit of freedom. Even if it does cost them money.

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contric says...
3:51pm Fri 30 Jul 10

180169 not worth a comment

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180169 says...
3:56pm Fri 30 Jul 10

contric wrote:
180169 not worth a comment
.... Just like your do-gooder life.

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Perry_Winkle says...
3:56pm Fri 30 Jul 10

contric, very happy to revise my opinion in view of your later post, but I really don't see the need to make attacks on the likes of the Geldofs or the Osbournes. Personally, I can't bear Saint Bob the Geldof, but I really don't think of him or his kids as parasites - useless maybe, but there are many without his wads of cash that are just as useless, and *are* sponging of the likes of you and me as taxpayers.

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Sam Shepherd says...
4:02pm Fri 30 Jul 10

People, we don't want to close this thread but several of you are veering dangerously close to the edge here.

May I implore you to bear this in mind before posting anything else?

"Important! When posting your comments please be fair, courteous and above all respectful to the views of others."

Tiger Tim, Contric, Perry Winkle and 180169, I'm looking at you.

Be nice,please :)

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Pepper Pig says...
4:12pm Fri 30 Jul 10

Perry_Winkle wrote:
"Whats his opinion got to do with whichever party he votes you ignorant A**" Pretty much everything, I'd have thought - if he or she (I'll assume 'he' given the obvious rage in his comment) doesn't vote based on his opinion, what does decide how he votes? The paper he reads? Whether the candidate is a woman or not? The weather? Dumb response, and 'ignorant' right back at you Tiger Tim (*definitely* a Labour voter, and probably a Sun reader).
Fantastic, Perry_Winkle,

I love you!!

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Lesley Dedman says...
4:39pm Fri 30 Jul 10

Whatever the situation with the Nursing Home, how sad for the residents who have had to be moved, I hope they don't suffer too badly from the upheaval. It is very unsettling for the frail elderly to go through a move, and a well-documented threat to health. The emergency must have been very great for this solution to be even considered. When we had to evacuate our Nursing Home due to a bomb scare it was a tremendous undertaking and something we hope never to have to do again - my feelings are for these frail old people who probably do not know what is happening and why.

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snake hips says...
5:23pm Fri 30 Jul 10

Sam Shepherd wrote:
People, we don't want to close this thread but several of you are veering dangerously close to the edge here. May I implore you to bear this in mind before posting anything else? "Important! When posting your comments please be fair, courteous and above all respectful to the views of others." Tiger Tim, Contric, Perry Winkle and 180169, I'm looking at you. Be nice,please :)
why cant we comment on the travellers story!!!! freedom of speech or selected hearing as per usual from the echo.. Must be due a overcharge story for gas or something so as its been a week!!!!

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Perry_Winkle says...
6:06pm Fri 30 Jul 10

Aww Sam, it's just a bit of fun - none of us take it seriously! Just Bulletin Board Banter...

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contric says...
7:14pm Fri 30 Jul 10

thank-you perri-winkle for your last comment it is not only the people i named i hate the fact also that the people who sent us to war dont let their families get involved or d abbott hates grammar schools and private education yet sends her kid there drunken mps fiddling expenses and generally thedecline as i see it of the country i might be wrong in lots of things i say and i might disagree with other people on here but i will not resort to name calling or put them down maybe you get older and more cynical but with my youngest just leaving grammar school and going on to study chemistry at a good uni i feel like putting my 2 fingers up to the establishment and saying to all politicians every party you hate the grammar schools and eton and the like that spawned you lot but we have beaten you

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katieg poole says...
7:26pm Fri 30 Jul 10

The point is...if these people are illegal.....what checks have they passed?!..........no
ne............what background do they have !!!........ They are dealing with 'vulnerable' people here, who deserve to be safe and looked after.

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H2oHara says...
12:07am Sat 31 Jul 10

It also means that the've not been CRB checked despite other comments for or against !

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tonyrichards1 says...
3:50am Sat 31 Jul 10

Do not deport them..They are willing to do a crap job for little money.

We need good workers. Give them status here and let them work..no one else wants to do this job...
As for the people running the rest home deport them instead!!!

Some laws are not always right and should not be set in stone

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catfan says...
2:19pm Sat 31 Jul 10

You are perfectly right, Sam! Most of these comments are rude and completely off the point.
And most fail to see the suffering of the elderly that has gone on behind these closed doors.
I visited there a few years ago and it was rather like a prison then and not very clean. There was a strange atmosphere there - and they were always advertising for staff.

It is true that care workers are very poorly paid and many are excellent. But don't waste your pity to all of those who are without a job and here illegally. The whole situation is terrible - and it's amazing that it's not been investigated before.
Local comments on people who know the home are horrific - and have been so for some time.

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Daisydoodle says...
4:09pm Sat 31 Jul 10

My mother was one of the residents there. She has dementia and has been in the home for many years. She has received excellent care - the staff that looked after her were attentive and kind to her. She has now been shunted off somewhere with no familiar faces around here - we were given less than 24 hours notice to find her a place, and no chance to say goodbye or thank the people who have cared so well for her. The organsisations responsible have behaved in a very heavy handed way, with a total lack of regard for the wellbeing of those being cared for at the home, or for those doing the caring - both legally and illegally.

The majority of the staff there were brought to this country through agencies who arranged their employment and paperwork on their behalf - perhaps someone should start looking at them instead of the carers.

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Tezza1965 says...
6:21pm Sat 31 Jul 10

I hope this care home stays closed and has it's CQC rating of "adequate" revoked until a full review of facilities and care has taken place.
Staff that are illegal immigrants may have thought they were working here legally. They themselves may be the victims of conmen so let's not judge them too severely until the full facts are known.

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oneshortleg says...
10:05pm Sat 31 Jul 10

I expect it will close and be sold off for development a prime site!

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