Working at Headingley Park Care Home

Staff are stretched thin especially on the dementia unit where they need more for 2:1 care, and they use agency workers at weekends.

There isn’t enough staff on 1 unit. There are people who require 2:1 support and we are shattered... I don’t think there are enough staff at weekends, most of the staff seem to be from agencies.”

Medication checks have mismatches and gaps in records, plus faulty pressure relieving beds not checked properly.

we found several controlled drugs with a stock discrepancy... several pressure relieving beds to be showing a fault, not switched on and a lack of records.”

No meaningful activities programme despite a coordinator so the job is mostly routine personal care.

all staff we spoke with told us people lacked meaningful activities. We also observed a lack of activities taking place.”