Archived: Beehive

Updated 24 April 2018

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, 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 comprehensive inspection. The inspection took place on the 28 February 2018 and was unannounced. The inspection was carried out by one inspector.

Before the inspection we reviewed the information we already held about this service. This included details of its registration, previous inspection reports and notifications of significant events they had sent us. Notifications are information about important events which the service is required to send us by law. Due to technical problems, the provider was not able to complete a Provider Information Return. This is information we require providers to send us at least once annually to give some key information about the service, what the service does well and improvements they plan to make. We took this into account when we inspected the service and made the judgements in this report. We contacted the local authority with responsibility for commissioning care from the service to seek their views.

We were unable to speak with people using the service due to their communication needs but we observed people during our inspection and saw how they interacted with staff. We spoke with four staff, including the registered manager and three support workers. We reviewed three sets of records relating to people including care plans and risk assessments. We looked at five sets of medicine records and three sets of documents relating to staff recruitment and supervision. We examined the training records of all staff. We checked quality assurance and monitoring systems at the service and sampled policies and procedures, including the complaints, whistleblowing and safeguarding policies.

Updated 24 April 2018

Beehive is a care home. People in care homes receive accommodation and nursing or personal care as single package under one contractual agreement. CQC regulates both the premises and the care provided, and both were looked at during this inspection. Beehive is a residential care home for six adults with learning disabilities or on the autistic spectrum. The service is on one floor and all areas of the home are accessible to people. At the time of our inspection six people were using the service.

At our last inspection on the 29 October 2015 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 on-going 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.

The service carried out an assessment of people’s needs before they commenced using the service. However, this did not cover needs related to ethnicity, culture or sexuality and we have made a recommendation about this.

There were enough staff working at the service to meet people’s needs and robust staff recruitment procedures were in place. Appropriate safeguarding procedures were in place. Risk assessments provided information about how to support people in a safe manner. Medicines were managed safely and steps had been taken to reduce the risk of the spread of infection.

Staff received on-going training and supervision to support them in their role. The service operated within the principles of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. People were able to choose what they ate and drank. People were supported to access relevant health care professionals.

We observed people were treated with respect and that staff were caring. Staff had a good understanding of how to promote people’s privacy, independence and dignity.

Care plans were in place which set out how to meet people’s individual needs. Care plans were subject to regular review. People were supported to engage in various activities. The service had a complaints procedure in place.

Staff and people spoke positively about the senior staff at the service. Quality assurance and monitoring systems were in place which included seeking the views of people who used the service.