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Haydon View Residential Home

Overall: Good read more about inspection ratings

North Bank, Haydon Bridge, Hexham, NE47 6NA (01434) 684465

Provided and run by:
Kay Care Services Ltd

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Background to this inspection

Updated 21 December 2022

The inspection

We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (the Act) as part of our regulatory functions. We checked whether the provider was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Act. We looked at the overall quality of the service and provided a rating for the service under the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

As part of this inspection we looked at the infection control and prevention measures in place. This was conducted so we can understand the preparedness of the service in preventing or managing an infection outbreak, and to identify good practice we can share with other services.

Inspection team

The inspection was completed by 1 inspector and an Expert by Experience. An Expert by Experience is a person who has personal experience of using or caring for someone who uses this type of care service.

Service and service type

Haydon View is a ‘care home’. People in care homes receive accommodation and nursing and/or personal care as a single package under one contractual agreement dependent on their registration with us. Haydon View is a care home without nursing care. CQC regulates both the premises and the care provided, and both were looked at during this inspection.

This provider is required to have a registered manager to oversee the delivery of regulated activities at this location. A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. Registered managers and providers are legally responsible for how the service is run, for the quality and safety of the care provided and compliance with regulations.

At the time of our inspection there was a registered manager in post.

Notice of inspection

This inspection was unannounced.

What we did before the inspection

We reviewed information we had received about the service since the last inspection. We used feedback from the local authority safeguarding and commissioning teams and medicines optimisation team. We contacted the local fire authority and Healthwatch. Healthwatch is an independent consumer champion that gathers and represents the views of the public about health and social care services in England.

We used the information the provider sent us in the provider information return (PIR). This is information providers are required to send us annually with key information about their service, what they do well, and improvements they plan to make. We used all this information to plan our inspection.

During the inspection

We spoke with 9 people and 8 relatives about their experiences of the care and support provided.

We spoke or gained email feedback from 15 staff, including the deputy manager, care staff, kitchen staff, domestic and maintenance staff and the regional manager.

We contacted the district nurse team, a specialist Parkinson nurse and staff from the speech and language therapist team for feedback. We spoke with a visiting health care assistant during the inspection visit.

We reviewed a range of records. This included 3 people's care records and multiple medicine records. We looked at 2 staff files in relation to recruitment. A variety of records relating to the management of the service, including policies and procedures, were reviewed.

Overall inspection

Good

Updated 21 December 2022

About the service

Haydon View is a residential care home providing personal care for up to 27 people. The service provides support to older people including those who may be living with a dementia and/or a physical disability. At the time of our inspection there were 23 people using the service.

People’s experience of using this service and what we found

People told us they were cared for by extremely kind and caring staff. The home was clean and tidy, and staff followed infection control procedures. A small number of staff needed reminding of PPE procedures which the provider addressed immediately.

Medicines were well managed. The provider had made great improvements since our last inspection.

Any risks identified had been assessed to keep people as safe as possible. Any incidents were recorded and monitored in order to reduce further instances occurring. The home had a good refurbishment programme in place and a new maintenance person to take this forward.

Enough staff were employed to care for people they way they preferred and safe recruitment practices were in place.

A range of quality assurance checks took place to monitor the service delivered to people.

For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk

Rating at last inspection and update

The last rating for this service was requires improvement (published 22 February 2022) and there were breaches of regulation. The provider completed an action plan after the last inspection to show what they would do and by when to improve.

At this inspection we found improvements had been made and the provider was no longer in breach of regulations.

Why we inspected

We carried out an unannounced focussed inspection of this service on 25 January 2022. Breaches of legal requirements were found. The provider completed an action plan after the last inspection to show what they would do and by when to improve, safe care and treatment and quality assurance.

We undertook this focused inspection to check they had followed their action plan and to confirm they now met legal requirements. This report only covers our findings in relation to the Key Questions safe and well-led which contain those requirements.

We looked at infection prevention and control measures under the Safe key question. We look at this in all care home inspections even if no concerns or risks have been identified. This is to provide assurance that the service can respond to COVID-19 and other infection outbreaks effectively.

For the key question of Effective, Caring and Responsive which were not inspected, we used the rating awarded at the last inspection to calculate the overall rating. The overall rating for the service has changed to good. This is based on the findings at this inspection.

You can see what action we have asked the provider to take at the end of this full report.

You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Haydon View on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

Follow up

We will continue to monitor information we receive about the service, which will help inform when we next inspect.