Working at Foxleigh Grove Nursing Home

Staff handle medicines unsafely sometimes because there is no guidance for as-needed doses and not everyone has had recent skills checks.

staff had not always had their knowledge, skills or competency suitably reviewed in line with clinical guidance... Where people were prescribed 'as required' (PRN) medicines, guidance was not in place to support staff on when to administer these medicines.

Management oversight is weak with audits not done regularly, so problems like safety gaps slip through.

There was a programme of quality audits to monitor the safety and quality of the service. However, we found that these had not always been completed regularly and had not always identified weaknesses highlighted during the inspection.

Recruitment checks are spotty with missing job histories, identity proofs, and barred list searches on some staff files.

We looked at five recruitment files. Three of these did not contain a full employment history... One staff file did not contain a recent photo or proof of their identity... the adult barred list had not been checked.