Updated 27 April 2019
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. This inspection was planned to check whether the provider was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Act, to look at the overall quality of the service, and to provide a rating for the service under the Care Act 2014.
Inspection team:
This announced inspection took place on 28 February 2019. One inspector and an Expert by Experience carried out this inspection. An Expert by Experience is a person who has experience of caring for someone living with a physical disability.
Service and service type:
Kare Plus Staines & Weybridge provides care and support to adults who are living with a physical disability, adults over 65 and some who live with dementia. At the time of this inspection, 17 people were using the service. Not everyone using the service receives regulated activity; CQC only inspects the service being received by people provided with ‘personal care’; help with tasks related to personal hygiene and eating. Where they do we also take into account any wider social care provided.
The service had a manager registered with the Care Quality Commission. This means that they and the provider are legally responsible for how the service is run and for the quality and safety of the care provided.
Notice of inspection:
We gave the service 48 hours’ notice of the inspection visit because it is small, and the registered manager is often out of the office supporting staff or providing care. We needed to be sure that they would be in. Inspection site visit activity started and ended on 28 February 2019. We visited the office location on 28 February 2019 to see the registered manager and office staff; and to review care records, policies and procedures.
What we did:
Before the inspection, we looked at information we held about the service including notifications. A notification is information about important events, which the service is required to send us by law. The provider completed a Provider Information Return (PIR). This is a form that asks the provider to give some key information about the service, what the service does well and improvements they plan to make.
During the inspection:
¿We spoke with five people who used the service and one relative.
¿We also spoke with the registered manager, the nominated individual and two members of staff.
¿We looked at five care records and medicine administration records.
¿We also looked at three staff records and other documents relating to the management of the service.
After the inspection:
We contacted two health and social care professionals but did not receive feedback from any.