Last updated: 10 February 2026
"Stable staffing and a supportive culture, but overdue training refreshers and delays in addressing medicine issues hold it back."
Safeguarding understood and followed, risk plans in place, but staff medicine competencies not assessed and storage temperatures not always checked.
Staff told us they felt supported... 'The provider is always around and always available. I think all the staff have brilliant support. It is a good staff team.'
People were supported by a consistent, well established team of staff who had all been employed at the service for a number of years. As a result, the need to recruit new staff was very rare.
refresher training had not always been provided within the required timescales for areas such as medicines, safeguarding and health and safety.
People and staff spoke positively of the management team and their open and honest approach, but remedial action had not always been taken in a timely manner.
People were supported to participate in activities such as shopping, community lunches, holidays, jigsaws, board games, TV, music and crafts.
Refreshers for key training like medicines, safeguarding, and health and safety are overdue.
refresher training had not always been provided within the required timescales for areas such as medicines, safeguarding and health and safety.
Fixes for problems spotted in checks, like staff medicine skills assessments, take too long.
a medicine audit completed in July 2018 identified that staff medicine competencies were required... staff medicines competencies had still not been introduced or completed.
Checks on medicine storage temperatures and staff skills are not fully up to date.
Storage room temperature had not always been checked... staff had not always had their competencies assessed in relation to medicine administration.
AI Generated
Last inspected: December 2018
Management Quality
Well-led: Requires improvement
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