11 January 2022
During an inspection looking at part of the service
About the service
Glenfield Nursing Home is a nursing home providing personal and nursing care to 40 people aged 65 and over at the time of the inspection. The service can support up to 46 people.
Glenfield nursing home is an adapted building with bedrooms available over three floors. There were lounges and dining areas on two floors with access by lifts and stairs.
People’s experience of using this service and what we found
People were complimentary about staff who supported them. People were cared for by enough staff who knew how to keep them safe and understood the risks to their health and wellbeing. Risks to people’s health were documented in care plans for staff to refer to.
The registered provider checked the background of potential staff to ensure their suitability to work at the home.
Accidents and incidents were analysed to identify trends and changes needed to people’s care. People received their medicines regularly and systems were in place for the safe management and supply of medicines.
The provider had taken action to ensure the home was clean and odour free. Staff wore Personal Protective Equipment minimising the risk of the spread of infection.
The registered manager had worked to continually improve care at Glenfield Nursing Home by completing regular quality audits. Care plans had been reviewed and systems to review and monitor care had been improved.
People and staff felt able to approach the registered manager about any concerns they may have and staff enjoyed working at Glenfield House Nursing Home. The registered manager worked with other health and social care professionals to improve people’s experience of care.
For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk
Rating at last inspection and update
The last rating for this service was good (published 18 October 2019).
Why we inspected
The inspection was prompted in part due to concerns received about infection control. A decision was made for us to inspect and examine those risks.
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. This included checking the provider was meeting COVID-19 vaccination requirements.
We found no evidence during this inspection that people were at risk of harm from this concern. Please see the Safe and Well-Led sections of this full report.
For those key questions not inspected, we used the ratings awarded at the last inspection to calculate the overall rating. The overall rating for the service has not changed from good based on the findings of this inspection.
Follow up
We will continue to monitor information we receive about the service until we return to visit as per our re-inspection programme. If we receive any concerning information we may inspect sooner.