Lea Court

Updated 3 June 2026

We assessed Lea Court on 11 December 2026.

We assessed the service to review the progress made against the Well-Led rating of Requires Improvement following the inspection in November 2023, the report being published in February 2024. We found that the service had made improvements and was no longer in breach of regulation 17: Good Governance in relation to governance systems and audits.

Lea Court was registered with CQC in December 2010 to deliver the following regulated activities: Assessment or medical treatment for persons detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, diagnostic and screening procedures and treatment of disease, disorder or injury. The service had a controlled drugs accountable officer and a Registered Manager.

At this assessment we assessed 1 assessment service group: Long stay or rehabilitation mental health wards for adults of a working age.

We have assessed the service against ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ guidance to make judgements about whether the provider guaranteed people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices, independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. The Code of Governance provided by the service stipulates the provider commitment to care for people with a learning disability.

The service had been rated as good overall in the previous inspection, with safe, effective, caring and responsive key questions rated good, with requires improvement in the well-led key question. In this inspection, we focused on the previous breach of regulation that led to the rating of requires improvement in the well-led domain and found that the service had taken appropriate action to ensure the breach had been removed and other improvements had been made in line with other findings in the previous inspection.

Updated 30 October 2025

• The inspection took place on 11 December 2025.
• We assessed the service to ensure that improvements had been made since the previous inspection. We also reviewed the recommendations made in the previous inspection for consideration of action by the service.
• Lea Court provides services for male and female patients with mental health needs who require rehabilitation. It is a level 1 rehabilitation service, level 1 or 'Tertiary specialised' rehabilitation services are high cost / low volume services, which provide for patients with highly complex rehabilitation needs following illness or injury. The service is suitable for up to 26 patients and includes 6 patient rooms designed to enhance independent living prior to a return to the community.
• We found no breaches of the regulations under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 on this inspection.
• We found that the service had completed its action plan from the previous inspection and improvements had been made in the well-led key question.
• Staff knew and understood the provider’s vision and values and how they applied to the work of their team. Staff felt respected, supported, and valued. Governance processes operated effectively. Performance and risk were managed well.
• Audits and reports regarding environmental risk assessments, such as Legionella and water temperature checks were carried out and fully reported on and monitored. A full calendar spreadsheet outlining audit responsibilities for each level of staff member at the service was comprehensive and followed by the service.
• The provider’s senior leadership team had successfully communicated the provider’s vision and values to the frontline staff in this service. The provider senior leadership team had a “uMatter Walkabout Briefing Document” that recorded visits by senior management to the service and their findings.
• Information governance systems included confidentiality of patient records. Any paper documents were secured, and a new electronic notes system was being introduced.
• The service gave us access to two recordings of patient independence journeys relating to patients who, until recently, struggled with their mental health and maintaining improvements.