Archived: 87 Church Road

Updated 27 October 2020

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.

This was a targeted inspection looking at the infection control and prevention measures the provider has in place. As part of CQC's response to the coronavirus pandemic we are conducting a thematic review of infection control and prevention measures in care homes.

This inspection took place on 14 October 2020 and was announced. The service was selected to take part in this thematic review which is seeking to identify examples of good practice in infection prevention and control.

Updated 27 October 2020

87 Church Road is a residential care home for adults with learning disabilities. At the time of our inspection, there were five people living in the home.

At our last inspection we rated the service good. At this inspection we found the evidence continued to support the rating of good and there was no evidence or information from our inspection and ongoing monitoring that demonstrated serious risks or concerns. This inspection report is written in a shorter format because our overall rating of the service has not changed since our last inspection.

People received support from staff who were kind and caring. People were positive about the care they received and spoke in positive terms about the staff. Our observations showed that staff were kind and respectful. People’s independence was encouraged.

People were able to take part in a range of activities according to their own needs and interest. This included support to meet religious or spiritual needs. People were able to make complaints when they had them and these were responded to. There was a complaints procedure produced in a format suited to people’s communication needs.

People were safe. Staff understood their responsibility to protect people from the risk of abuse and had received training in this. People received safe support with their medicines.

People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible; the policies and systems in the service support this practice. People’s health needs were effectively met. People were supported to see healthcare professionals when they needed to.

The service was well led. There was a registered manager in place supported by an assistant team leader. There were systems in place to monitor the quality and safety of the service.

Further information is in the detailed findings below