Last updated: 9 February 2026
"Staff feel supported by an approachable manager in a positive culture with strong safety practices, but activities are limited to basic outings."
Per 2021: Assured on preventing infections, PPE use, testing, social distancing, outbreak management, and premises hygiene.
Per 2021 and 2020: Staff felt well supported, used social media group for contact, described manager as approachable, fair, and responsive to feedback.
Per 2020: Relatives and staff said there were enough staff to meet people's needs, with a system when levels changed.
Per 2020: Staff had induction, regular refresher training, dementia training for some, and supervisions.
Per 2021 and 2020: Staff felt well supported by the registered manager, described them as approachable, supportive, always available, and acted on suggestions.
Per 2020: People supported for outings like walks, lunch, train trips, and community access.
No activities coordinator or special programmes, so the job is mostly routine care with just basic outings now and then.
People told us they enjoyed going out with staff. We saw pictures of this person enjoying a steam train journey with staff.
Staff numbers are just enough to cover basics, no word on steady team or hardly any agency use.
Staff told us they felt there were enough staff to meet people's needs and to ensure they were able to access interests that were important to them.
Only standard induction, refreshers, and a bit of dementia training, nothing like specialist courses or paid-for qualifications.
Staff told us they had an induction before they started to provide care and regularly received training to carry out their role. One staff member said, 'I think I have plenty of training, we get refresher training each year and I have completed dementia training'.
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Last inspected: April 2020
Management Quality
Well-led: Good
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