Updated 22 August 2019
The inspection:
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:
The inspection team consisted of one inspector.
Service and service type:
Chignal House is a care home. People in care homes received 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 manager registered with the Care Quality Commission. This means that they and the provider are legally responsible for how the service is run and for the quality and safety of the care provided.
Notice of inspection:
The inspection was unannounced.
What we did when preparing for and carrying out this inspection:
We reviewed information we had received about the service since our last inspection. This included details about incidents the provider must notify us about. We sought feedback from the local authority and professionals who work with the service. 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 any improvements they plan to make. We used all this information to plan our inspection.
During the inspection we spoke with the provider, registered manager, deputy manager and two staff. We also spoke with one person who used the service. Because other people were unable to communicate verbally with us we carried out observation of people, spoke with staff, reviewed records and looked at other information which helped us to assess how their care needs were being met. We observed the care and support provided to people and the interaction between staff and people throughout our inspection. We spent time observing care in the communal area and we used the Short Observational Framework for Inspectors (SOFI). SOFI is a way of observing care to help us understand the experiences of people who could not talk to us.
Following the inspection, we obtained feedback from one health professional, where possible their feedback has been included in the report.