Updated 12 March 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.
This was a planned inspection based on the rating at the last inspection.
Inspection team:
The inspection was completed by one adult social care inspector
Service and service type: The service is registered care home providing personal care without nursing for up to four people with brain injuries. It is run by the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Society and so had access to therapists based at another site.
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 manager is often supporting other sites. Also, people living at these services are younger adults and we intended to visit at the weekend, we needed to be sure some of them would be in to speak with. What we did:
Before the inspection we used information, the provider sent us in the Provider Information Return. (PIR) Providers are required to send us key information about their service, what they do well, and improvements they plan to make. This information helps support our inspections. We looked at information we held about the service including notifications they had made to us about important events. We also reviewed all other information sent to us from other stakeholders for example the local authority and members of the public.
During the inspection we;
• Spoke with three people living at the service.
• Spoke with two staff and the registered manager.
• Reviewed two care plans and daily records, including records relating to medicines.
• Reviewed records of accidents, incidents, complaints and compliments.
• Checked training and personnel records.
• Reviewed audits and quality assurance reports.