78 Stubbington Lane

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• Overview
• Learning culture
• Safe systems, pathways and transitions
• Safeguarding
• Involving people to manage risks
• Safe environments
• Safe and effective staffing
• Infection prevention and control
• Medicines optimisation

Safe – this means we looked for evidence that people were protected from abuse and avoidable harm.

At our last assessment we rated this key question good. At this assessment, the rating has remained good. This meant people were safe and protected from avoidable harm.

This service scored 75 (out of 100) for this area. Find out what we look at when we assess this area and How we calculate these scores.

We did not look at Learning culture during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Safe.

We did not look at Safe systems, pathways and transitions during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Safe.

We did not look at Safeguarding during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Safe.

Improvements had been made following our previous inspection. The service worked with people to understand and manage risks by thinking holistically. They provided care to meet people’s needs that was safe, supportive, and enabled people to do the things that mattered to them.

Staff supported people to manage risks whilst maintaining their independence by promoting positive risk taking. For example, people were assessed for risks of falls, risk of choking and risks related to medical conditions. When risk had been identified staff acted to keep people safe such as using specialist equipment to monitor their health condition.

The manager told us about a person’s health condition which had been restricting the person’s ability to go on holiday. They told us, how with risk assessments in place, the person had just returned from a successful holiday, and they were now planning another holiday for next year.

We did not look at Safe environments during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Safe.

We did not look at Safe and effective staffing during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Safe.

Improvements had been made following our previous inspection. The service assessed and managed the risk of infection. They detected and controlled the risk of it spreading and shared concerns with appropriate agencies promptly.

The provider had an up-to-date Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) policy, and staff attended IPC training. We reviewed cleaning schedules which were consistently completed.

Relatives told us the home was clean, and this was an area of improvement. We observed the home was clean.

Improvements had been made following our previous inspection. The service made sure that medicines and treatments were safe and met people’s needs, capacities, and preferences.

Staff received medication training, and their competency was checked to ensure they understood the requirements for the safe administration of medicines. Staff told us they felt well trained and confident to support people to receive their medicines safely. Staff supported and involved people to manage their medicines and followed best practice guidance for administering medicines. The staff team were proactive at reporting any changes to people’s medicines promptly.

The manager told us, during people’s annual health reviews, stopping over medication of people with a learning disability and/or autism (STOMP) plans were reviewed. They also shared with us examples of where recent medicines reductions had been made.