Bosses at a care unit have been told not to admit any more patients after a man swallowed a screw during their visit - just 15 months after the death of a patient who swallowed a piece of cup.
Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) visiting Jeesal Cawston Park Hospital, in Cawston, also found an 'unbagged stool sample' in a medical fridge during their inspection in November.
They returned after it was rated as inadequate and placed in special measures earlier in the year.
The unannounced inspection looked at the wards for people with learning disabilities or autism and focussed on whether required improvements had been made.
A quality report released in January said that, while there had been improvements, urgent action was still needed.
It said: "We have taken further enforcement action against the provider to require that, with immediate effect, the registered provider must not admit any patients to any ward at Jeesal Cawston Park hospital without prior written agreement of the CQC."
The report recorded that the stool sample had been found in a medication fridge on a ward.
It also stated that during the inspection a patient swallowed a screw, despite prior warnings around patients swallowing foreign objects.
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