Last updated: 9 February 2026
"Staff feel valued with a good range of activities, but short staffing, regular agency use and lapsed safety checks on equipment hold it back."
Per 2019 comprehensive inspection: Staff did not always use safe moving and handling techniques... The service did not always manage maintenance checks well. Test certificates for the safe use of slings, hoists and passenger lifts had recently expired.
Per 2019 comprehensive inspection: Staff told us they enjoyed working at Helme Hall and felt valued.
Per 2019 comprehensive inspection: The service was actively recruiting for a number of care staff positions. There was a regular use of agency staff... staff did comment they were short staffed and this sometimes impacted on morale.
Per 2019 comprehensive inspection: We found some staff training dates had expired. The registered managers told us they were creating a central staff matrix... However, we found the document was incomplete.
Per 2019 comprehensive inspection: Not enough improvement had been made at this inspection and the provider was still in breach of regulation 17 (Good governance).
Per 2019 comprehensive inspection: People had access to a range of activities both in the home and in the community to help prevent social isolation and to keep people active.
Staff are short staffed sometimes with regular agency use and vacancies, and it affects morale.
staff did comment they were short staffed and this sometimes impacted on morale. Per 2019 comprehensive inspection.
Some staff have out of date mandatory training.
We found some staff training dates had expired. Per 2019 comprehensive inspection.
Safety checks on equipment like hoists and slings lapse, and moving people is not always done safely.
Test certificates for the safe use of slings, hoists and passenger lifts had recently expired... two of the original slings were still in daily use. Per 2019 comprehensive inspection.
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Last inspected: August 2021
Management Quality
Well-led: Good
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