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Rose Cottage Nursing Care Home

Overall: Good read more about inspection ratings

Station Road, Halfway, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S20 3GU (0114) 251 0595

Provided and run by:
Rose Cottage Nursing Care Limited

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Background to this inspection

Updated 12 June 2018

We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. This inspection was planned to check whether the provider is meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008, to look at the overall quality of the service, and to provide a rating for the service under the Care Act 2014.

This inspection took place on 14 May 2018 and was unannounced.

The inspection team consisted of two adult social care inspectors and an expert by experience. An expert-by-experience is a person who has personal experience of using or caring for someone who uses this type of care service. The expert-by-experience had experience of caring for older people.

Prior to this inspection, we gathered information from a number of sources. We reviewed the information we held about the service, which included correspondence we had received and notifications submitted to us by the service. A notification should be sent to CQC every time a significant incident has taken place. For example, where a person who uses the service experiences a serious injury. We reviewed the Provider Information Return (PIR), which the registered provider completed before the inspection. The PIR is a form that asks the registered provider to give some key information about the service, what the service does well and improvements they plan to make.

We contacted Sheffield local authority and Healthwatch (Sheffield) to obtain their views of the service. Healthwatch is an independent consumer champion that gathers and represents the views of the public about health and social care services in England. All of the comments and feedback received were reviewed and used to assist and inform our inspection.

During our inspection, we spoke with eight people who were receiving support, and four of their relatives and friends to obtain their views about the service. We spent time in communal areas speaking with people and observing how staff interacted with each other and the people they were supporting.

We looked around different areas of the service, which included some communal areas, bathrooms, and with their permission, some people’s rooms.

We spoke with the registered manager, a qualified nurse, two care workers, the cook, a kitchen assistant, two housekeeping staff, the administrator and the activities coordinator to obtain their views.

We reviewed a range of records, which included three people’s care plans, two staff support and employment records, training, supervision and appraisal records and other records relating to the management of the service.

Overall inspection

Good

Updated 12 June 2018

Rose Cottage is a ‘care home’. People in care homes receive accommodation and nursing or personal care as a single package under one contractual agreement. CQC regulates both the premises and the care provided, and both were looked at during this inspection.

Rose Cottage is a nursing home providing personal and nursing care for up to 29 older people. The accommodation is based over three floors, which are accessed by stairs or a lift. The home is situated in a residential area, close to local amenities and transport links.

In November 2017, the name of the registered provider and nominated individual changed.

At the time of this inspection, 28 people were living at Rose Cottage.

At our last inspection, we rated the service Good. At this inspection, we found the evidence continued to support the rating of Good and there was no evidence or information from our inspection and on going monitoring that demonstrated serious risks or concerns. This inspection report is written in a shorter format because our overall rating of the service has not changed since our last inspection.

At this inspection, we found the service remained Good.

Why the service is rated Good.

People receiving support and their relatives told us they were confident they or their family member was safe.

Staff were aware of their responsibilities in keeping people safe.

Policies and procedures for the safe handling of medicines were in place.

There were robust recruitment procedures in operation to promote people’s safety.

Staff were provided with relevant training, supervision and appraisal so they had the skills they needed to undertake their role.

People receiving support and their relatives felt staff had the right skills to do their job. They said staff were respectful and kind in their approach.

People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice.

People’s care plans contained relevant information and had been reviewed to ensure they were up to date.

People were confident in reporting concerns to the registered manager and staff, and felt they would be listened to.

There were quality assurance and audit processes in place to make sure the service was running well.

The service had a full range of policies and procedures available to staff.

Further information is in the detailed findings below.