25 February 2021
During an inspection looking at part of the service
The Beeches is a residential care home providing personal care for 30 people at the time of the inspection. The service can accommodate up to 32 people. The Beeches is a purpose built establishment, situated to the rear of another residential care home. Accommodation is provided on two floors with stairs and a passenger lift between the floors and bedrooms are single occupancy with ensuite facilities.
People’s experience of using this service and what we found
The service completed various risk assessments and care records to mitigate risk to individuals where possible. Staff had completed a variety of training in relation to falls management and there were clear policies and procedures which guided staff on what action they needed to take. Hospital passports were in use, in line with national initiatives to improve communication for those who needed to be admitted to hospital, and improve outcomes in these circumstances.
The home was clean and staff were following current guidance in relation to infection prevention and control practice. Staff completed a variety of training in the use of PPE and good infection control practice and signage regarding good hand hygiene, social distancing and PPE was displayed throughout the home. The home was proactive in supporting people to maintain contact with their families, following current guidance, which included window visits and a visiting pod as well as video calls and phone calls.
For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk
Rating at last inspection
The last rating for this service was good (published 01 March 2018).
Why we inspected
We undertook this targeted inspection to check on a specific issue that had been raised following an Inquest into the death of a person living at The Beeches following a fall. The overall rating for the service has not changed following this targeted inspection and remains good.
CQC have introduced targeted inspections to follow up on Warning Notices or to check specific concerns. They do not look at an entire key question, only the part of the key question we are specifically concerned about. Targeted inspections do not change the rating from the previous inspection. This is because they do not assess all areas of a key question.
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 coronavirus and other infection outbreaks effectively.
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.