Ash Court Care Centre vow after 1/5 food hygiene rating

Ash Court Care Centre, in Ascham Street, Kentish Town, was told ‘major improvement’ was necessary with its food hygiene and was given a 1/5 score.

The environmental health team at Camden Council visited the site, which offers 24-hour care to people over the age of 55, on February 6 as part of a routine hygiene inspection.

But the standards of the hygienic food handling – which includes the preparation, cooking, reheating, cooling and storage of food – was given an ‘improvement necessary’ rating.

The management of food safety – which is the system or checks in place to ensure food served is safe to eat – was given a ‘major improvement necessary’ rating.

Ash Court Care Centre was given a low food hygiene rating (Image: Google)

However the cleanliness and condition of facilities were considered to be ‘good’.

In a brochure for the care home, Ash Court said that meals are created by its in-house team, with a catering team providing meals which are “varied, tasty and well presented”.

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While full details about what type of problems were recorded in the management of food safety and hygienic food handling are unknown, the Ham&High has requested Camden Council to present a full hygiene report.

A spokesperson for the Forest Healthcare group, which runs Ash Court Care Home, said: “The health and safety of our residents is of paramount importance to us.

"Our main catering is provided by a company that brings award-winning specialised meals that cater for a wide variety of nutritional needs.

"Since the inspection, a specialist has helped resolve all the issues raised in our own kitchen, and we are confident we will restore our good rating when we are re-inspected."