Archived: Eamonn Francis Friel - 87 Briar Avenue

Updated 8 September 2016

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.

Prior to our inspection we reviewed the information we held about the service. This included the Provider Information Return (PIR) which is a form that asks the provider to give key information about the service, what the service does well and improvements they plan to make. We also reviewed any safeguarding alerts and outcomes, complaints, previous inspection reports and notifications that the provider had sent to CQC. Notifications are information about important events which the service is required to tell us about by law.

This inspection took place on 20 July 2016 and was announced. We gave notice of the inspection because the service is small and we wanted to be sure that people would be in. One inspector conducted the inspection.

During our inspection we spoke with the registered provider and his partner. The person using the service did not want to speak with us. We looked at the care records for the person using the service and looked at records that related to how the home was managed.

Updated 8 September 2016

This inspection took place on 20 July 2016 and was announced.

Eamonn Francis Friel - 87 Briar Avenue provides personal care for one person living with a learning disability who has lived at the home since 2001. The provider and his partner support the person with their day to day living tasks and the service is based in their family home.

We last inspected Eamonn Francis Friel - 87 Briar Avenue in August 2014. At that inspection we found the service was meeting all the regulations that we assessed.

There was a registered manager in post who was also the provider of the service. 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.

Individualised support was given each day to the person using the service and this was provided by people who knew them very well.

The provider was aware of safeguarding procedures. Appropriate recruitment information was available along with records of up to date training for the provider and his partner. No other care staff were employed at the home.

Any risks associated with the person’s care, daily routines and activities were identified with action taken to minimise these. Medicines were safely stored and given as prescribed with up to date records kept.

The service understood and complied with the requirements of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005. There were restrictions on the person using the service for their safety and the provider was in process of obtaining a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) authorisation.

The provider understood their role and responsibilities. There were systems in place to help ensure the safety and quality of the service provided.