Cleggsworth Care Home

Updated 29 March 2022

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 is meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

We received information of concern about visiting arrangements at this service. This was a targeted inspection looking at the infection prevention and control measures the provider has in place. We also asked the provider about any staffing pressures the service was experiencing and whether this was having an impact on the service.

This inspection took place on 22 February 2022 and was unannounced.

Updated 29 March 2022

About the service

Cleggsworth Care Home is a residential care home providing personal care to 27 people on the first day of this inspection. The number of residents had increased to 31 by the second day of inspection.

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

We identified some areas around maintenance of the home which were addressed by the manager immediately and steps were taken to make the environment safe.

People were provided with a safe and homely place to live. Improvements to the environment had been made to improve infection control practices and food safety.

People's consent to care was obtained. People were supported to have the maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests.

Care plans and risk assessments were reflective of people's needs. Staff knew people well and were kind and considerate when delivering care.

Staff told us the manager and provider were approachable and would take action where concerns were raised within the home.

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 rated good (published 15 March 2018).

Why we inspected

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.

This inspection was prompted in part due to concerns received about infection control, food hygiene and personal care. A decision was made for us to inspect and examine those risks.

We found no evidence during this inspection that people were at risk of harm from this concern. Please see the safe, effective and well-led sections of this full report.

We reviewed the information we held about the service. No areas of concern were identified in the other key questions. We therefore did not inspect them. Ratings from previous comprehensive inspections for those key questions were used in calculating the overall rating at this inspection.

You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Cleggsworth Care Home 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.