12 September 2023
During a routine inspection
The home is set within a residential estate, with public transport links giving access to the local and wider community.
People's experience of using this service and what we found
We expect health and social care providers to guarantee people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices and independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. 'Right support, right care, right culture' is the guidance CQC follows to make assessments and judgements about services supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people and providers must have regard to it.
Right Support
People were supported by a staff team that were committed to providing them with a good quality of life and to lead fulfilling lives.
Personalised support plans gave clear information for staff to follow in keeping people safe, whilst enabling people to be as independent as possible.
People were fully involved in managing personal risks and in taking decisions about how to keep safe. Staff were skilled in recognising signs when people experienced emotional distress and knew how to support people to keep them safe.
People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests. People were supported to understand their rights. People knew how to raise concerns and were confident these would be dealt with properly.
Right Care
People's support plans were personalised, and they were supported to follow their hobbies and interests. Staff ensured people had full access to healthcare services.
Systems were in place to closely monitor incidents and prompt action was taken to mitigate the risk of repeat incidents.
Right culture
A culture of inclusion, diversity and equality was embedded into the service. People were supported to express their individuality. People were supported to develop their skills and independence. Staff supported people to follow their cultural and religious beliefs.
People led inclusive and empowered lives because of the ethos, values, attitudes and behaviours of the management and staff. Staff ensured risks of a closed culture were minimised. People's quality of life was enhanced by the service's culture of transparency, respect, improvement, and inclusivity.
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 21 November 2017).
Why we inspected
This was a planned inspection based on the information we held about the service.
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.
You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Veryan Place on our website.
Follow up
We will continue to monitor information we receive about the service, which will help inform when we next inspect.