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Six former care workers at a Bupa care home had reasonable grounds to complain to the local authority after the home manager failed to act on their concerns about abuse of residents, an employment tribunal has ruled.

The care workers had told the tribunal they felt forced to resign after ‘blowing the whistle’ on abuse of residents at Isard House in Bromley, Kent.

They won their claim that health and safety regulations had been breached at the home. But their claims of unfair dismissal, breach of contract and deductions from wages were dismissed by the tribunal.

Peter Ludford, director of Bupa Care Homes, said there were lessons to be learned from the case.

"We regularly review our management policies and administration procedures, support staff though training and development, and actively promote our whistle blowing policy," he said.