Disabled residents injured at a care home were moved out following a damning care quality commission (CQC) report, and the home has since closed. 

Church Lane care home, run by Outward, in Walthamstow, was recently rated as inadequate following an inspection last July which found people were being "harmed in the night" and residents were "always naked". 

Inspectors said residents’ privacy and dignity were not upheld and family members were "deterred" from visiting because of residents undressing in communal areas and staff not knowing what to do. 

Outward's chief executive Peter Little has now confirmed the home has "temporarily closed down" and five men with learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and complex needs, who were staying at the home at the time of the inspection, have left. 

He also admitted the service at Church Lane fell below the company's rigorous standards. 

Mr Little, said: "Outward was very concerned about the report from CQC that had been published this month following an inspection in July of last year. 

"We are disappointed that the service provided at Church Lane fell below the rigorous standards we set ourselves and that we have not delivered the level of service we should have done to our customers.

"We have worked very closely and successfully with those customers, their families and with social services to address the issues identified in the report. 

"This has led on to us supporting those vulnerable young men to move into housing chosen by their families or, in one case, to be able to return to his parental home. 

"The report dates back to an inspection over nine months ago, and is no longer an accurate reflection of the service that was being provided."

He added Outward takes it regulatory duties "very seriously" and Church Lane was never intended to be a permanent home but a transition service.