Working at Barton Brook Care Home

Medicines were stored unsafely. The temperatures of the medicine rooms were much higher than recommended by the manufacturers.

Most staff consistently expressed a view that they did not feel valued or positively engaged in the ongoing changes at Barton Brook.

Without exception, the stand-out theme from our discussions with people, their relatives and staff was staffing levels.

several unit managers had still not completed their training [first-aid].

The home did not have a registered manager at the time of this assessment.

Feedback we received regarding activities within the home was negative, with people telling us activities were virtually no-existent.