Last updated: 10 February 2026
"Enthusiastic leadership and supportive culture create high staff morale and a stable team, but medicines stock counts are sometimes wrong due to pharmacy issues."
The provider did not always make sure that medicines... were safe... some stock counts of medicines were not correct... ongoing issue with the pharmacy, however people were not directly put at risk.
Staff felt highly supported by the provider and manager. One staff member said, “There is always someone at the end of the phone... I feel very supported by the manager.”
The provider made sure there were enough qualified, skilled and experienced staff... The service had an established staff team who knew people well.
Staff told us they received regular supervisions and team meetings. Staff received training and regular competency assessments to understand the importance of safe medicines management.
The manager was relatively new... enthusiastic and proactive... One staff member said, “Now [Manager] is in place, morale in the team is very good” and “[Manager] is just the perfect fit, they have come over with great skills, pitches in with everything and is compassionate and kind.”
People were able to choose various activities in-house and were supported to access their local community... “I like going out on trips”... “I like helping prepare and cook food here.”
Medication stock counts are sometimes wrong because of issues with the pharmacy.
We found that some stock counts of medicines were not correct. We raised these concerns with the manager, who informed us that it is an ongoing issue with the pharmacy
Some documents were missing from staff files when they switched to a new electronic system.
Staff files had recently been transferred to an electronic system. We found some documents were missing from this system.
Only standard training like safeguarding and medicines checks, no specialist courses or funded qualifications.
Staff had received safeguarding training... Staff received training and regular competency assessments
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Last inspected: September 2025
Management Quality
Well-led: Good
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