Fosse Court

Updated 3 April 2020

The inspection

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

Inspection team

The inspection team consisted of an inspector and an assistant inspector.

Service and service type

Fosse Court is a 'care home'. People in care homes receive accommodation and personal care as single package under one contractual agreement. CQC regulates both the premises and the care provided, and both were looked at during this inspection.

Notice of inspection

This inspection was announced. Inspections of care homes are usually unannounced, however as there were no people using the service we needed to ensure that we could gain access to the property.

What we did before the inspection

We reviewed information we had received about the service since the last inspection. We sought feedback from the local authority and professionals who worked with the service.

During the inspection

We spoke with the provider, their representatives and inspected the environment of the home.

After the inspection

We continued to seek clarification from the provider to validate evidence found. This included certification that essential building maintenance had been conducted and this was forwarded by the provider.

Updated 3 April 2020

About the service

Fosse Court is registered to provide personal care for up to 22 people. At the time of the inspection there was nobody using the service.

Accommodation is provided over two interconnecting dwellings across the ground, first and second floors in a mixture of ensuite rooms and communal facilities.

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

We undertook a responsive inspection as the provider had informed us they had made improvements to the building so it was fit for purpose since our last visit. This inspection was undertaken to assure ourselves that the environment would meet the needs of older people.

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 of this service was conducted under CQC’s previous inspection methodology (published September 2014). It was found that action was needed for Outcome 4 Care and welfare of people who use services (Regulation 9), Outcome 7 Safeguarding people who use services from abuse (Regulation 11), Outcome 9 Management of medicines (Regulation 13) and Outcome 16 Assessing and monitoring the quality of service provision (Regulation 10) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010.

Why we inspected

This was a planned inspection to ensure the provider was meeting CQC’s new inspection methodology standards.

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.