Holmleigh Care Home

Updated 9 December 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.

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 (IPC) 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 25 November 2020 and was announced on the day of the inspection prior to entering the premises.

Updated 9 December 2020

About the service

Holmleigh Care Home is a residential care home providing accommodation and personal care for up to 44 older people. At the time of the inspection 40 people were living at the home.

Holmleigh Care Home is situated in the village of Navenby, Lincolnshire and accommodation is provided across two floors.

People’s experience of using this service and what we found

At the last inspection we identified issues and made recommendations about the quality of medicines arrangements, cleanliness, care planning, staffing levels and communicating with and responding to people’s needs. At this inspection we found the provider had made improvements in all these areas.

People were cared for by staff who understood how to safeguard them from the risk of harm. Risks to people’s health, safety and welfare had been assessed and management plans were in place to minimise the risks.

The provider employed enough staff to make sure people’s needs and wishes were met. Staff were recruited safely and trained to carry out their roles and responsibilities.

Medicines were managed in a safe way and systems were in place to control and prevent the spread of infection.

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 were kind and caring towards people and maintained their privacy and dignity. People and those who were important to them were involved in planning their care and asked for their views about the quality of the services they received.

People and the staff who cared for them had confidence in the way the home was managed. Systems were in place to regularly monitor the quality of the services provided for people and take actions to address any highlighted shortfalls.

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 requires improvement (published 28 August 2018) and there was one breach of regulations. The provider completed an action plan after the last inspection to show what they would do and by when to improve. At this inspection we found improvements had been made and the provider was no longer in breach of regulations

Why we inspected

This was a planned inspection based on the previous rating.

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.