Morris House

Updated 7 February 2019

We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. This inspection checked 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.'

Inspection team:

One inspector carried out this inspection.

Service and service type:

Morris House is a care home. People in care homes receive accommodation and nursing or personal care. CQC regulates both the premises and the care provided, and both were looked at during this inspection. The service had a registered manager. A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. Like registered providers, they are 'registered persons'. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the service is run.

Notice of inspection

The inspection was unannounced.

What we did:

We reviewed information we had received about the service since the last inspection in January 2016. This included details about incidents the provider must notify us about, such as abuse. We assessed the 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 used all this information to plan our inspection.

In addition to speaking with people living at Morris House, we spent time observing staff working with and supporting people in communal areas during the inspection. We spoke with two staff and the registered manager.

We reviewed a range of records. This included two people's care records and medication records. We also looked at two staff files around staff recruitment and supervision and the training records of all staff. We reviewed records relating to the management of the home and a variety of policies and procedures developed and implemented by the provider.

Updated 7 February 2019

About the service:

Morris House is a residential care home providing personal care and support to six people aged under 65 at the time of the inspection.

The care service had not originally been developed and designed in line with the values that underpin the Registering the Right Support and other best practice guidance. The home had been registered before such guidance was produced. The guidance focussed on values include choice, promotion of independence and inclusion so that people with learning disabilities and autism using a service can live as ordinary a life as any citizen. However, it was clear that people living in Morris House were given such choices and their independence and participation within the local community had been and was continuing to be encouraged and enabled.

Peoples experience of using this service:

People who used the service continued to be supported in a safe way. Staff were kind and compassionate and knew people well. People received their medicines safely: other aspects of people's safety were promoted.

Potential risks to people had been assessed and managed to lessen any risks on people’s daily lives.

The home continued to have effective systems in place to check that the service was effectively managed and that people had a good quality of life. People were supported by staff who were well trained and keen to help people live fulfilled lives.

The registered manager shared the provider’s clear vision of how people were to be supported. They shared this enthusiasm with staff who supported this way of working.

The home continued to meet the characteristics of good in all areas; more information is available in the full report.

Rating at last inspection:

The home was rated Good (report published in March 2016).

Why we inspected:

This was a planned inspection based on the previous rating.

Follow up:

We will continue to monitor the service through the information we receive.