Updated
30 March 2026
We assessed Bath Kidney Care Centre on 3 September 2025.
We assessed 1 assessment service group, dialysis services at this location.
Bath Kidney Care Centre is registered with CQC to deliver the regulated activity: Treatment of disease. The service had a Registered Manager.
This assessment looked at dialysis services as following the previous inspection we found regulatory breaches. The service had made improvements since our last inspection. We rated the service as good. The rating of Bath Kidney care centre is Good.
Updated
9 July 2025
We carried out this assessment on 3 September 2025.
We assessed 5 key questions; safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led. This assessment looked at dialysis services as following the previous inspection we found regulatory breaches. We rated the dialysis service as good overall because:
The service had made improvements and is no longer in breach of regulations. Most staff now adhered to infection prevention and control measures and clinical waste was managed safely. All medicines, including oxygen were now prescribed. Governance processes had been improved. Recruitment processes now ensured all appropriate checks on staff were completed prior to employment.
The service had a good learning culture and people could raise concerns. Managers investigated incidents. Patients were protected and kept safe. There were enough staff with the right skills, qualifications, and experience.
Staff assessed patients’ conditions and patients were involved in decisions about their care and treatment. Staff made sure people understood their care and treatment to enable them to give informed consent. Care and treatment was based on latest evidence and good practice.
Leaders and staff had a shared vision for the running of the service that was underpinned by a set of values. Staff were treated equally. There was a culture and structure for continuous improvement being embedded into the service.
However, some of the corporate policies provided by Fresenius Medical Care Renal Services Limited did not always reflect national guidance such as the safeguarding and management of incidents policy.