Archived: Springfield Garth

Updated 4 December 2020

We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. This inspection was planned to check whether the provider was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

This was a targeted inspection looking at the infection control and prevention measures the provider has in place. As part of the Care Quality Commission's response to the coronavirus pandemic we are conducting a review of infection control and prevention measures in care homes.

The service had been identified for use by the Local Authority as a designated care setting in response to the Winter Plan for people discharged from hospital with a positive COVID-19 status. This inspection was to ensure that the service was compliant with infection control and prevention measures.

This inspection took place on 19 November 2020 and was announced.

Updated 4 December 2020

About the service

Springfield garth is a care home providing personal care to up to 25 people. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the service has provided a safe environment for people who needed to leave hospital but still required care and isolation during their recuperation. At the time we visited nobody was using the service.

People’s experience of using this service and what we found

People had experienced safe and person-centred care. They were supported by enough staff to meet their needs and staffs approach promoted their independence. Relatives told us their family members experience was dignified and of great value in supporting people to move from the care home back to their own home and independent living.

Since the last inspection the provider had reviewed their approach to quality assurance and governance. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic had stalled the implementation of any planned changes. We saw improvements had been made, however the old way of monitoring safety and compliance had been used and areas for improvement were not always identified. Following the inspection, the provider committed to implementing and embedding their new quality assurance approach.

The leadership of the staff team had been successful. The staff team had coped well changing the service to support people on discharge from hospital, including implementing good infection control measures. People and their relatives valued the service greatly.

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 03 May 2019) and 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.

Why we inspected

We carried out an unannounced comprehensive inspection of this service on 21 March 2019. Breaches of legal requirements were found..

We undertook this focused inspection to check they had followed their action plan and to confirm they now met legal requirements. This report only covers our findings in relation to the Key Questions Safe and Well-led which contain those requirements.

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.

The ratings from the previous comprehensive inspection for those key questions not looked at on this occasion were used in calculating the overall rating at this inspection. The overall rating for the service has changed from requires improvement to good. This is based on the findings at this inspection.

You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Springfield Garth on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

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.