We carried out a review of the data available to us about The Brambles Care Home on 6 July 2023. We have not found evidence that we need to carry out an inspection or reassess our rating at this stage.
This could change at any time if we receive new information. We will continue to monitor data about this service.
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The Brambles is a residential care home providing personal and nursing care to 28 people aged 65 and over at the time of the inspection. The service can support up to 35 people.
People’s experience of using this service and what we found
Improvements had been made to the quality and safety of the service since the last inspection and the provider had implemented changes to the service to improve the standard of care people received.
People were safe and staff knew how to keep them safe from harm. The provider had a recruitment process to ensure they had enough staff to support people safely. People received their medicines as prescribed. Staff followed infection control guidance and had access to personal protective equipment. Accidents and incidents were recorded and action taken to minimise risk for the future.
Staff had the skills and knowledge to meet people's needs. People's nutritional needs were met. People accessed health care support when needed. The environment where people lived was welcoming and clean.
People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice.
People were supported by staff who were kind and caring and knew them well. Staff had built good relationships with people. People's privacy, dignity and independence were respected by staff. People’s equality and diversity needs were respected.
People's support needs were assessed regularly and planned to ensure they received the support they needed. People's support was individualised. People were supported to take part in social activities. The provider had a complaints process which people were aware of to share any concerns.
The provider carried out regular audits to improve the quality of the service. The registered manager was known to people and made themselves available. The provider understood their duty of candour and was open and honest about the improvements they had needed to make since their last inspection
For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk
Rating at last inspection (and update)
The last rating for this service was requires improvement (published 01 May 2019) there were multiple breaches of regulation. The provider completed an action plan after the last inspection to show what they would do and by when to improve. At this inspection we found improvements had been made and the provider was no longer in breach of regulations.
Since this rating was awarded the provider has altered its legal entity. We have used the previous rating and enforcement action taken to inform our planning and decisions about the rating at this inspection.
Why we inspected
This was a planned inspection under the provider’s new entity.
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.