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Archived: Borders Home Care Newmarket

Borders Home Care, Newmarket Hospital, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 7JG (01638) 564011

Provided and run by:
Suffolk County Council

All Inspections

27 January 2014

During a routine inspection

When we talked with people who used the service they told us that the staff had a good understanding and awareness of their care needs and preferences. One person told us "I am ever so happy with them, they arrived at the time we agreed."

Staff received professional development and people told us that staff were well trained.

We saw that the provider had systems in place to gather feedback from people, who used the service and to regularly assess and monitor the quality of the service people received.

We saw that people's personal records were stored securely, therefore ensuring that people's confidentiality was protected.

1 February 2013

During an inspection looking at part of the service

We carried out an inspection on the 1 February 2013. The purpose of this inspection was to follow up areas of non compliance identified at the last inspection. The provider sent us an action plan on the 22 August 2012. They told us what actions they had taken and said they were fully compliant with regulations.

During this inspection we found that although some improvements had been made there were still concerns relating to the training of staff in the safe administration of medication and we also identified errors on the medication records. We therefore could not be assured staff were sufficiently competent to administer medication.

Staff were appropriately supported with their professional development. However we identified gaps in training records. We could not be assured that training was updated at regular intervals or delivered by people who were competent to deliver it.

We identified non compliance with record keeping both in terms of the accuracy of records and the security and confidentiality of records.

4 July 2012

During a routine inspection

We spoke with six people who used the service. Two people were spoken with over the telephone. Three people were spoken with when we accompanied a carer on their visits on the 11 July 2012. They told us about the level of support they or their relative required and the circumstances in which they had needed support. One person said 'The agency helped them to remain as independent as possible.' Another person spoke of the mental anguish of caring for their relative and said, 'The agency alleviates some of that by providing flexible support and always being cheerful.'