Updated 22 February 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: One inspector carried out the inspection over two days.
Service and service type: The Stables Flat is a care home. People in care homes receive 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: We gave the service 48 hours’ notice of the inspection visit because it is a small care home and the manager is often out of the office supporting staff or providing care. We needed to be sure that they would be available. Inspection site visit activity started on 17 December 2018 and ended on 18 December 2018.
What we did: Before we inspected we looked at information we already had about the provider. We reviewed notifications we had received from the service. Notifications are reports about specific events that the provider must tell us about by law. We reviewed the provider information return, (PIR). This contains evidence about the service and is submitted annually. The information in the PIR helps us in planning our inspection.
During our inspection we looked at care records, accident and incident reports and logs, daily notes, medicines records and quality assurance documents.
We spoke with three people living in the home and some of their relatives. We also spoke with the registered manager and three support staff.