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Chadwell House Residential Care Home

Overall: Good read more about inspection ratings

372 Chadwell Heath Lane, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex, RM6 4YG (020) 8983 8529

Provided and run by:
Sanctuary Care Limited

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Background to this inspection

Updated 13 December 2023

The inspection

We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (the Act) as part of our regulatory functions. We checked whether the provider was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Act. We looked at the overall quality of the service and provided a rating for the service under the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

As part of this inspection we looked at the infection control and prevention measures in place. This was conducted so we can understand the preparedness of the service in preventing or managing an infection outbreak, and to identify good practice we can share with other services.

Inspection team

The inspection was undertaken by 1 inspector, a bank inspector, 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.

Service and service type

Chadwell House Residential Care Home is a care home. People in care homes receive accommodation and nursing or personal care as single package under one contractual agreement. CQC regulates both the premises and the care provided, and both were looked at during this inspection.

Registered Manager

This provider is required to have a registered manager to oversee the delivery of regulated activities at this location. A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. Registered managers and providers are legally responsible for how the service is run, for the quality and safety of the care provided and compliance with regulations.

At the time of our inspection there was a registered manager in post.

Notice of inspection

This inspection was unannounced.

What we did before the inspection

The provider was not asked to complete a Provider Information Return (PIR) prior to this inspection. A PIR is information providers send us to give some key information about the service, what the service does well and improvements they plan to make.

We sought feedback from the local authority who work with the service. We reviewed the information we already held about the service. This included their registration report and notifications. A notification is information about important events, which the provider is required to tell us about by law. We used all of this information to plan our inspection.

We used information gathered as part of monitoring activity that took place on 24 July 2023 to help plan the inspection and inform our judgements.

During the inspection

We reviewed a range of records. This included 7 people's care plans and risk assessments. We reviewed 5 people's medicines administration records in detail. We also looked at 5 staff files, maintenance records, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards authorisations records, and accidents and incidents records. A variety of records relating to the management of the service, including policies and procedures were reviewed.

We spoke with 11 members of staff including the registered manager, deputy manager, 2 team leaders, 5 healthcare assistants, an administrator, and an activities person. We also spoke with 7 relatives about their experience of the care provided.

We used the Short Observational Framework for Inspection (SOFI). SOFI is a way of observing care to help us understand the experience of people who could not talk with us.

We continued to seek clarification from the provider to validate evidence found. We requested additional evidence to be sent to us after our inspection. We looked at training data and quality assurance records.

Overall inspection

Good

Updated 13 December 2023

About the service

Chadwell House Residential Care Home is a care home providing personal and nursing care to up to 60 people. The service provides support to older people and people living with dementia. At the time of our inspection there were 56 people using the services. The accommodation was arranged across 6 separate units. Most bedrooms have en-suite facilities. There is a large communal lounge and a garden.

People’s experience of using this service and what we found

Systems were in place to protect people from the risk of abuse. Risk assessments had been carried out to identify the risks people faced. These included information about how to mitigate those risks. Steps had been taken to help ensure the physical environment was safe.

The service had enough appropriately skilled staff to meet people's needs and keep them safe. People and relatives were happy with staffing levels. The provider had a safe staff recruitment process in place. Staff understood how to protect and safeguard people.

People received their prescribed medicines in a safe way. The service uses electronic Medicines Administration Records (MAR) to record all administrations. Regular medicine audits were taking place. Infection control and prevention systems were in place. Accidents and incidents were reviewed to see if any lessons could be learnt from them.

The service had a complaints policy in place and staff were aware of how to support people should they wish to complain. The manager of the service was approachable and open, staff and people in their care felt supported.

Quality assurance and monitoring systems were in place to help drive improvements at the service. Relatives and staff told us there was an open and positive culture at the service. People were supported to express their views. The provider was aware of their legal obligations and worked with other agencies to develop best practice and share knowledge.

For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk

Rating at last inspection

The last rating for Chadwell House Residential Care Home was good (published 06 November 2018).

Why we inspected

We undertook a focused inspection to review the key questions of Safe and Well-led only. For those key questions not inspected, we used the ratings awarded at the last inspection to calculate the overall rating.

You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for Chadwell House Residential Care Home on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

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 Chadwell House Residential Care Home, which will help inform when we next inspect.