Last updated: 9 February 2026
"Staff feel supported with a real family vibe and approachable managers, but handwritten accident records are hard to read and spotting trends is difficult."
Risks to people's health and wellbeing were assessed and updated. Staff knew people's needs well, knew how to protect and safeguard them. The service was clear about its responsibilities relating to medicines management.
Staff members told us they worked as a team and felt very supported. They could approach the management and felt listened to. One staff member said, "It's a lovely place to work... real family vibe here and the managers are always around the place and very approachable."
There were enough staff on duty to provide appropriate care and support to people living at Catherine Miller House.
Staff had received an induction process and staff training was up to date with refresher training ongoing.
Quality assurance and governance arrangements at the service had improved since the last inspection. However, further improvements to the recording of management information would make the service more efficient.
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Accident records are sometimes handwritten and hard to read, and it's hard to spot trends or issues over time from them.
Some recordings were handwritten and some hard to read... it was difficult to see trends and concerns over a period of time in the way the information was recorded, for example lack of clear analysis and hand writing was not always legible.
Staffing is enough to meet care needs but nothing special like low agency use or long team retention is mentioned.
There were enough staff available to support people to stay safe and meet their needs.
Only basic training and induction are up to date with reminders for refreshers, no specialist courses or qualifications funded.
The staff training programme was up to date and where training was required, this was flagged up and staff reminded to complete their training.
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Last inspected: May 2023
Management Quality
Well-led: Requires improvement
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