We carried out a review of the data available to us about Gosberton House 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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Gosberton House Care Home is a residential care home providing personal and nursing care to 38 people aged 65 and over at the time of the inspection. The service can support up to 48 people.
People’s experience of using this service and what we found
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.
Staff identified risks to people and took action to keep people safe. Staff had received training in managing medicines and administered them safely to people in line with their prescriptions. However, 'as required medicines did not have their reason for administration recorded.
We have made a recommendation about the management of 'as required' medicines.
The home was clean and people were protected from the risk of infection. Staff were working in line with government guidance in regard to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The registered manager ensured there were enough staff to support people safely and systems were in place to ensure staff received training in the skills needed to provide safe care.
People were supported to access food which supported their needs. Staff were kind and caring and they had good relationships with the people living at the home. People’s choices were respected and staff supported people to maintain their dignity.
The registered manager and provider had effective systems in place to monitor the quality of care provided and to drive improvements.
For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk
Rating at last inspection
This service was registered with us on 23 July 2020 and this is the first inspection. The last rating for the service under the previous provider was requires improvement, published on 12 December 2019.
Why we inspected
The inspection was prompted in part due to concerns about infection control due to a COVID-19 outbreak. A decision was made for us to inspect and examine those risks. We looked at infection prevention and control measures under the Safe key question. We look at this in all care home inspections even if no concerns or risks have been identified. This is to provide assurance that the service can respond to COVID-19 and other infection outbreaks effectively.