Working at Halton View Care Home

Gaps in mandatory training mean staff might not be fully up to date on key skills like fire evacuation.

Not all staff had completed mandatory training... Records showed that a number of staff required training in fire evacuation procedures.”

Medication records have gaps and medicines are not always given on time, which is risky for residents.

There were gaps in the records of administration of medicines, and the remaining balances of medicines did not always match... these were not always given at the prescribed times.”

Few stimulating activities so the job is mostly routine personal care with little variety.

some people and their family members raised that there was a lack of stimulating activities regularly available within the home. We discussed this with the registered manager who was aware of the concerns and was in the process of recruiting staff to provide activities.”