Healthlinc House hospital provides a specialist service for men and women with a learning disability and associated complex conditions in Welton, Lincolnshire.

This service is registered to provide the regulated activities of treatment of disease, disorder or injury, and assessment or medical treatment for persons detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.

Donna Fleming is the registered manager and nominated accountable individual for controlled drugs.

Healthlinc House can accommodate a maximum of 25 patients. The layout of the premises consists of eight apartments providing accommodation for between one and six patients in each. Each apartment provides single sex accommodation. During our inspection, there were 16 patients receiving care and treatment. Twelve patients were detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 and four patients were subject to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (part of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, where patients receive care in a way that does not inappropriately restrict their freedom).

Healthlinc House registered with the CQC on 01 October 2010 and has been previously inspected by the CQC on six occasions.

The Care Quality Commission last inspected the hospital in January 2016. Following the inspection, we served requirement notices in relation to breaches of regulations of the Health and Social Care Act (2008) Regulated Activities. The breaches were in relation to:

• lack of a patient risk assessment

• staff had not received regular supervision or annual appraisals

• lack of physical examination on admission

• resuscitation equipment had not been serviced on a regular basis

• missed signatures on prescription charts

• cleaning products not stored correctly

We reviewed the breaches in detail at this inspection and found that the provider had taken the required actions to address these and to improve the care and treatment provided to patients.