Background to this inspection
Updated
12 March 2021
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.
As part of CQC’s response to the coronavirus pandemic we are looking at the preparedness of care homes in relation to infection prevention and control. This was a targeted inspection looking at the infection control and prevention measures the provider has in place.
This inspection took place on 9 February 2021 and was announced.
Updated
12 March 2021
About the service
Leeming Bar Grange is a residential care home providing personal care to 45 people at the time of our inspection. The service supports older people and those living with dementia or physical disability. The service can support up to 60 people.
The service accommodates people across two floors within a purpose-built building.
People’s experience of using this service and what we found
Staff knew about people’s individual care needs and people said they received good support. People were involved in all aspects of their care and were always asked for their consent before staff undertook support tasks.
People’s medicines were administered safely, and people said these were given on time and when needed.
People told us they felt safe. The provider followed robust recruitment checks, and enough staff were employed to ensure people’s needs were met.
Staff followed good infection protection and control standards and people said the service was clean.
Staff had received training and development around management of dementia and demonstrated a good understanding of dementia care. They worked with people’s individual strengths to ensure their independence, wishes and choices were promoted.
Communication was effective. People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice.
People ate nutritious, well cooked food, and said they enjoyed their meals. Their health needs were identified, and staff worked with other professionals, to ensure these needs were met.
People participated in a wide range of activities and enjoyed the company of others in the service.
The service was well-led; systems were in place to assess and improve the quality of the service and complaints were responded to thoroughly. There was an open culture and learning was encouraged to drive improvement.
For more details, please see the full report which is on the Care Quality Commission (CQC) website at www.cqc.org.uk
Rating at last inspection
The last rating for this service was good (published 26 August 2017). Since this rating was awarded the registered provider of the service has changed. We have used the previous rating to inform our planning and decisions about the rating at this inspection.
Why we inspected
This was a planned inspection based on the previous rating.
Since the last inspection we recognised that the previous provider had failed to submit statutory notifications to CQC. This was a breach of regulation and we issued a fixed penalty notice. The previous provider accepted a fixed penalty and paid this in full.
Follow up
We will continue to monitor information we receive about the service until we return to visit as per our re-inspection programme. If we receive any concerning information we may inspect sooner.