Chegworth Nursing Home

Updated 11 March 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 the coronavirus pandemic we are looking at the preparedness of care homes in relation to infection prevention and control. This was a targeted inspection looking at the infection control and prevention measures the provider has in place.

This inspection took place on 25 February 2021 and was announced.

Updated 11 March 2021

About the service:

Chegworth Nursing Home is residential care home that was providing personal and nursing care to 42 people aged 65 and over at the time of the inspection. The service is registered for up to 43 people to receive care and support.

People’s experience of using this service:

People received a good standard of care in all areas. The service met the characteristics for a rating of “Good” in four of the five key questions and "Outstanding" in the responsive key question. More information is in the full report

The provider was outstanding in its delivery of end of life care to people. The staff delivering care and support were skilled and suitable. They were deployed in sufficient numbers to deliver care effectively and to ensure people were safe. People’s health needs were met, they ate well and were supported to access healthcare services whenever they needed to. Staff were caring and the provider had a track record of supporting people compassionately during end of life care. People were active and were supported around their cultural and spiritual needs.

The registered manager and senior staff provided good leadership and were popular with people, relatives and staff. Effective quality assurance processes were in place to drive improvements at the nursing home.

Rating at last inspection:

At the last inspection the service was rated good [report published on 24 October 2016]. More information is in our full report.

Why we inspected:

This inspection was part of our scheduled plan of visiting services to check the safety and quality of care people received.

Follow up:

We will continue to monitor the service to ensure that people receive safe, compassionate, high quality care. Further inspections will be planned in line with our inspection schedule or in response to concerns.

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