Archived: Holly Court Care Home

Updated 1 January 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 care homes with outbreaks of coronavirus, we are conducting reviews to ensure that the Infection Prevention and Control practice was safe and the service was compliant with IPC measures. This was a targeted inspection looking at the IPC practices the provider has in place.

This inspection took place on 11 and 15 November 2020 and was announced.

Updated 1 January 2021

About the service

Holly Court Care Home is registered to provide personal care and accommodation for up to 25 adults. At the time of the inspection there were 24 people residing at the service. The home is situated in a residential area of Salford. It specialises in care for older people and people with dementia.

People's experience of using this service and what we found.

People and their relatives told us they felt safe. The provider had effective safeguarding procedures and staff felt confident raising concerns. People told us their medicines were being managed safely and comprehensive assessments of need and care plans were undertaken. Feedback about the service from people and their relatives was positive.

The environment was clean, welcoming and well maintained. People told us staff were kind and caring and treated them with dignity and respect. 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 told us they enjoyed their jobs and felt supported by the current management team. Audits were taking place to ensure staff provided people's care safely and in the way that they preferred. The registered manager had a visible presence and had a good oversight of people’s needs.

For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk

Rating at last inspection

The last rating for this service was good (published 25 July 2017)

Why we inspected

This was a planned inspection based on the previous rating.