THE lift of an £1,000-a-week Oxford care home has now been broken for more than three weeks, continuing to leave upstairs patients ‘stranded’.

Earlier this week the Oxford Mail reported on the broken lift at Headington Care Home, which relatives said was ‘violating the human rights’ of their loved ones.

The home, on Roosevelt Drive has rooms for 60 residents – 52 on the ground floor and eight upstairs.

Robert Mitchell, a spokesperson for the home said: “It is an unsatisfactory situation but we are doing everything we can think of, although the remedy depends on specialist external contractors.”

John Evans, whose wife lives on the top floor, said he was annoyed and frustrated that the lift was still broken, initially being put down to an obscure missing part that could only be made overseas.

Despite the part not fitting once it had arrived from Italy, Mr Mitchell added: “We continue to work with the manufacturer to get the lift operating as a matter of priority and cost is not a factor.

“They have assured us that they will work through the weekend and into the nights.”

Mr Mitchell said that plans were in place to have the lift running by Friday, along with the installation of a stair lift.

• In our article on Monday, we said Headington Care Home was rated inadequate by the CQC in 2014, however this was incorrect: the home was rated as ‘required improvement’ in March 2016.

In its latest inspection last year it was rated 'good’ overall.