Howlish Hall Residential Care Home in Bishop Auckland has now voluntarily shut down after inspectors exposed failings that put vulnerable "people at risk of abuse, neglect and even theft". Just weeks later the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has laid bare the full scale of failings at the home, now closed. The CQC concluded: “The lack of action placed people at potential risk of harm and abuse.”Howlish Hall Care Home in Bishop Auckland branded 'inadequate' and closed down after damning CQC report. Howlish Hall Care Home in Bishop Auckland branded 'inadequate' and closed down after damning CQC report. Neil Jarvis, Durham County Council’s deputy director of local delivery and head of integrated commissioning, said: “We placed Howlish Hall Care Home into safeguarding measures following concerns relating to the delivery of care.