13 June 2023
During an inspection looking at part of the service
Keegan’s Court Residential Care Home is a care home providing support with personal care to 2 people at the time of this inspection. The home can accommodate a maximum of 19 older people. Accommodation is provided in an adapted building providing 15 beds and 2 bungalows, each providing 2 beds.
People's experience of using this service and what we found
This was a targeted inspection that considered whether or not people were safely supported by enough staff who had sufficient training, information and managerial direction to minimise the potential for harm.
People were at the risk of harm as the provider had failed to provide sufficient staff to safely support them at certain times of the day and night. Staff were not provided with clear instructions on what to do in the event of an emergency.
People were not safeguarded from the risk of abuse as the provider failed to assess the risks to people from a known individual entering the building.
The provider did not have effective oversite to ensure people received safe care.
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 inadequate (published 30 March 2023). At our last inspection the provider was in breach of regulations regarding keeping people safe, dignity and respect, safeguarding people from abuse, staffing and the overall management. At this inspection concerns remained regarding the safe provision of care, safeguarding people from abuse and managerial oversite.
Why we inspected
The inspection was prompted due to concerns received about unsafe staffing levels in the home. A decision was made for us to inspect and examine those risks. We found continued breaches regarding keeping people safe, safeguarding people from abuse and governance of the home. Following the inspection site visit the provider told us they had employed the services of a managerial consultancy to support them with restructuring their company.
You can see what action we have asked the provider to take at the end of this full report.
The overall rating for the service has not changed following this targeted inspection and remains inadequate.
CQC have introduced targeted inspections to follow up on a Warning Notice or other specific concerns. They do not look at an entire key question, only the part of the key question we are specifically concerned about. Targeted inspections do not change the rating from the previous inspection. This is because they do not assess all areas of a key question.
Enforcement
We have identified continued breaches in keeping people safe, safeguarding people from abuse and how the home was managed.
Please see the action we have told the provider to take at the end of this report.
You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Keegan’s Court Residential Care Home on our website at www.cqc.org.uk
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.