25 October 2022
During a routine inspection
This care home is run by two companies: Care UK Community Partnerships Ltd and WT UK Opco 4. These two companies have a dual registration and are jointly responsible for the services at the home.
People’s experience of using this service and what we found
People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice.
People were provided with opportunities during initial assessment to express their needs, wishes and preferences regarding how they received care and support.
People’s needs were assessed and resulting support plans provided guidance to staff on how people were to be supported. Support in planning people’s care, treatment and support was personalised to reflect people’s preferences and personalities, however, more detail needed to be captured in care plans.
The staff had received training regarding how to keep people safe and they were aware of the service safeguarding and whistle-blowing policy and procedures. Staffing was arranged in a flexible way to respond to people’s individual needs. Recruitment practices were robust.
Staff demonstrated a detailed knowledge of people’s needs and had received training to support people to be safe and respond to their support needs
There were suitable arrangements in place for the safe storage, receipt and administration of people’s medicines. The service maintained daily records of how peoples support needs were meet and this included information about medical appointments.
Staff respected people’s privacy and staff worked with people in a kind way that responded to their needs. There was a complaints procedure for people, families and friends to use and compliments could also be recorded.
We saw that the service had taken time to understand people’s individual way of communicating in order that the service staff could respond appropriately to people.
The provider had quality monitoring systems in place these were used to bring about improvements to the service as the service developed.
For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk
Rating at last inspection
This service was registered with us on 10 December 2021 and this is the first inspection.
The last rating for the service under the previous provider at the premises was good, published on 13 October 2018.
Why we inspected
This inspection was prompted by a review of the information we held about this service.
We looked at infection prevention and control measures under the Safe key question. We look at this in all care home inspections even if no concerns or risks have been identified. This is to provide assurance that the service can respond to COVID-19 and other infection outbreaks effectively.
Follow up
We will continue to monitor information we receive about the service, which will help inform when we next inspect.