Working at Olive Lodge

The manager isn't fully registered yet, and quality checks like daily walkarounds and medication audits missed problems.

manager in post who was in the process of registering with CQC... Daily walkaround checks had not been routinely completed and medication audits had not identified the shortfalls we found.

Some gaps in medicine storage and checks, like not always recording room or fridge temperatures.

The temperature of the room was not routinely recorded to determine if the medication was kept within the correct temperature range. Some medicines required refrigeration, yet daily temperature checks were not consistently recorded.

Activities programme with a coordinator and some variety, but no specialist or creative approaches mentioned that would make the role more interesting.

Activities co-ordinators were employed at the home. A variety of activities was planned for people.