A CARE home in Bradford has been rapped by a watchdog after it found it was not always safe for residents to use.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated Silverlea Residential Home in First Avenue, Bradford Moor, as requiring improvement in its safety and well-led areas after its latest inspection.

Its report said: "Care and treatment was not always provided in a safe way for service users as the premises were not fully safe to use.

"Systems were not fully in place to ensure equipment used by service (bed rails) was fully safe."

It also found the home had not reported any allegations of abuse to the CQC since 2013.

Its report added: "We identified two incidents of physical aggression between services users which took place in late 2014.

"Although appropriately documented, investigated and action taken to help protect these people, these had not been reported to the Commission in line with the service's statutory responsibilities."

Inspectors, who carried out an unannounced inspection on April 27 this year, also found the majority of radiators in the lounge areas, bedrooms and corridors were operating at temperatures that presented a burns risk.

Some areas of the building were not deemed dementia friendly, including a dimly-lit lower ground floor and lack of appropriate signage throughout the home, where the majority of the residents had dementia.

At the time of the inspection, there were 18 people living in the home out of a possible 35 places available.

The home was rated as good for its being effective, caring and responsive. People and their relatives spoke positively about the care provided at the home and its management.

Kevin Casey, owner of Silverlea Residential Home, said: "We have addressed the issues that have been raised by the inspection report.

"We are in touch with the CQC on a daily basis.

"No staff were involved in either of the abuse cases. It was a fall-out between two elderly ladies. Unfortunately, for some reason it was an oversight that we did not inform the CQC.

"We have also now rushed through covers for our radiators too."

Meanwhile, Hollycroft Care Home in Ilkley requires improvement after its latest CQC inspection.

The CQC said significant improvements had been made between its announced inspection on October 28 last year and its follow-up inspection on April 7 this year.

But it required improvement in all five categories, for safety, effectiveness, care, responsiveness and being well-led.

Its report concluded: "We found significant improvements had been made and the home was now compliant with all the regulations we looked at.

"However, there were only 12 people living at the home which is registered to provide care to 30 people."

Care plans had been re-written since the first inspection and they reflected people's individual needs. Monthly reviews were also in place on care plans.

A spokesman for Hollycroft's home operator, Brighterkind, said: "The well-being of people entrusted to our care is our priority.

"We are pleased that the most recent CQC inspection has acknowledged that significant improvements have been made at Hollycroft and it was compliant with regulations.

"We continue to implement a comprehensive improvement plan, which is being overseen by our regional operational team.

"This includes providing additional training for staff to ensure our documentation processes and procedures to support the quality of care are strictly followed."