Patrick Carr

Updated 8 September 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 Care Act 2014.

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

This inspection was carried out by one inspector.

Service and service type

Patrick Carr 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. Patrick Carr is a care home without nursing care. CQC regulates both the premises and the care provided, and both were looked at during this inspection.

Registered Manager

This service is required to have a registered manager. A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. This means that they and the provider are legally responsible for how the service is run and for the quality and safety of the care provided. At the time of our inspection there was a registered manager in post.

Notice of inspection

We gave the service 48 hours notice of the inspection. This was because we wanted to be sure the registered manager and the person living in the home would be available.

What we did before the inspection

We reviewed information we held about the service. 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 took this into account when we inspected the service and made the judgements in this report. We used all this information to plan our inspection.

During the inspection

We met the person living at Patrick Carr. We also spent time observing staff interacting with this person. We spoke with both staff members, one of whom was the registered manager.

We reviewed records. This included risk assessments and support plans.

Updated 8 September 2022

About the service

Patrick Carr is a care home registered to provide accommodation and personal care to three people with a learning disability and autistic people. They currently provide accommodation and care to one person.

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

We expect health and social care providers to guarantee people with a learning disability and autistic people respect, equality, dignity, choices and independence and good access to local communities that most people take for granted. ‘Right support, right care, right culture’ is the guidance CQC follows to make assessments and judgements about services supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people and providers must have regard to it.

Based on our review of key questions Safe, Effective and Well-led, the service was able to demonstrate how they were meeting the underpinning principles of Right support, right care, right culture.

Right Support:

Staff supported the person to follow their individual interests, follow their chosen lifestyle and to maintain their independence. They supported the person with their health and to minimise all risks to their health, safety and wellbeing. Staff were trained to meet the needs of the people they were supporting.

Right Care:

The person told us about their life and confirmed they received good care and support to lead a fulfilling life. People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the policies and systems in the service supported this practice. There was a strong commitment to delivering person-centred care and staff respected the person’s rights and individuality. Staff had good knowledge of the person’s individual communication needs and treated them with kindness and respect. The person confirmed this.

Right Culture:

Staff formed relationships with people they supported. They provided support to maintain relationships with family and friends and to deal with challenges in life. Patrick Carr is a care home registered for three people. At the time of the inspection, support was provided to one person who had been receiving support from the provider for over 30 years.

The registered manager was committed to continuous learning.

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

Rating at last inspection

The last rating for this service was good (published 07/09/2018).

Why we inspected

We inspected this service as it had been four years since the last inspection. This was a focused inspection looking at the key questions safe, effective and well-led. For those key questions not inspected, we used the ratings awarded at the last inspection to calculate the overall rating. The overall rating for the service has remained good. This is based on the findings at this inspection.

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

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.

Follow up

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