A care home has had its registration cancelled on the back of a damning report following an inspection.

The decision means Royd Hill, in Sutton Lane, Sutton, is no longer a registered care home can no longer operate a care service.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said the move against the home was to "protect the safety and welfare of people in its care".

Earlier this year a damning CQC inspection report revealed the home's lounge smelt of urine, curtains were stained with bodily fluids and toilet pull cords were found covered in faeces.

It also said staff had not received adequate training, residents weren't well hydrated and there was a lack of leadership.

Debbie Westhead, deputy chief inspector of adult social care in the north, said at the time: "We found poor standards of care being delivered in an unhygienic and potentially harmful environment. The care we found fell a long way short of what we expect services to provide."

The findings led to the home being closed under emergency measures in February and its 25 residents being re-homed.

Atique Rehman, operator of the home, was unavailable for comment.

The CQC said this week that a so-called 'notice of decision' had since been issued under the Health and Social Care Act, removing Royd Hill from the providers' register.

Mr Rehman is no longer registered to operate a care home at the site, which now stands empty.

MsWesthead said: "People are entitled to services which provide safe, effective, compassionate and high quality care and Mr Rehman has failed the residents of Royd Hill Nursing Home.

"The provider was placing people at significant risk of receiving inappropriate or unsafe care and made no attempt to address the issues we identified.

"For this reason we had no option but to cancel the registration."

North Yorkshire County Council helped re-house residents.

A spokesman said: "We worked successfully with NHS Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven Clinical Commissioning Group to move residents out of Royd Hill after the CQC decided that the home could not continue to be registered to provide nursing care.

"Experienced assessment staff from health and social care supported residents to move, as much as possible, to new homes in their preferred areas."