8 June 2022
During an inspection looking at part of the service
Tanworth Court is a residential care home providing personal care to up to 60 people. The service provides support to older people and younger adults with physical disabilities, sensory impairment or dementia. At the time of our inspection there were 41 people living at the service.
People’s experience of using this service and what we found
Staff, people and their families worked together to assess and manage the risks people might face. People's support plans reflected their range of needs and this promoted their wellbeing and quality of life.
People were supported in a safe, clean and well-maintained environment that met their needs. People and their families or representatives were involved in discussions about how they received support. Staff supported people to make decisions in their best interests. People were supported to access specialist
health and social care support to maintain their independence, health and wellbeing.
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.
Staff evaluated the quality of support provided to people, involving the person, their families and other professionals as appropriate. The registered manager was keen to develop a culture of improvement and transparency. To achieve this, they completed regular checks on the care people received and identified actions to improve the quality of care and the environment.
For more information, please read the detailed findings section of this report. If you are reading this as a separate summary, the full report can be found on the Care Quality Commission (CQC) website at www.cqc.org.uk
Rating at last inspection and update
The last rating for this service was requires improvement (published 29 April 2022).
At our last inspection we found breaches of the regulations in relation to managing risks to people and a lack of oversight of the service. The provider was made aware of our concerns and the improvements which were required to be completed by 27 May 2022.
At this inspection we found improvements had been made and the provider was now meeting this regulation.
Why we inspected
We undertook this targeted inspection to check whether the Warning Notice we previously served in relation to Regulation 12 (Safe Care and Treatment) and Regulation 17 (Good Governance) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 had been met. The overall rating for the service has not changed following this targeted inspection and remains requires improvement.
We use targeted inspections to follow up on Warning Notices or to check specific concerns. They do not look at an entire key question, only the part of the key question we are specifically concerned about. Targeted inspections do not change the rating from the previous inspection. This is because they do not assess all areas of a key question.
You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Tanworth Court on our website at www.cqc.org.uk
Follow up
We will continue to monitor information we receive about the service, which will help inform when we next inspect.