Last updated 7 March 2018
We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. This inspection was planned to check 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.

This inspection took place on 20 February 2018 and was unannounced. The inspection was carried out by one adult social care inspector.

Before the inspection we reviewed previous inspection reports and other information we held about the home including any notifications. A notification is information about important events which the service is required to send us by law. We also reviewed the Provider Information Return (PIR). This is a form that asks the provider to give some key information about the service, what the service does well and improvements they plan to make.

We looked around the premises and observed staff interactions with people. We met with the four people living at the service, the registered manager, the regional manager and four members of staff. We looked at detailed care records for three individuals, staff training records, two staff files and other records relating to the running of the service. Following the inspection we spoke with two relatives.