Boucherne Limited

Updated 10 April 2021

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.

As part of CQC’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic we are looking at the preparedness of care homes in relation to infection prevention and control. This was a targeted inspection looking at the infection control and prevention measures the provider has in place.

This inspection took place on 11 March 2021 and was announced.

Updated 10 April 2021

We undertook an unannounced focused inspection of Boucherne Limited on 23 March 2018.This inspection was done to check that improvements to meet the legal requirements planned by the provider after our comprehensive inspection on 23 February 2017 had been made.

Boucherne Limited 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. On the day of our inspection, there were 21 people living in the service.

The service had a registered manager in place. A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service and like registered providers, they are 'registered persons'. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the service is run.

We inspected the service against one of the five questions we ask about services: is the service Safe? This was because the service was not meeting a legal requirement. No risks, concerns or significant improvement were identified in the remaining questions through our on-going monitoring or during our inspection activity so we did not inspect them.

At the last inspection, we found that the service was in breach of Regulation 12 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. This was because the provider did not have in place a system for the safe administration and management of medicines.

We asked the provider to complete an action plan to show what they would do and by when to improve the safety of the service. The provider complied with this request and told us what they were going to do to improve.

At this inspection, we found that improvements had been made to the administration of medicines and the provider was no longer in breach of this Regulation. The key question of Safe has now been rated as 'Good'. There was no change to the overall rating.