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Kirk House

Overall: Requires improvement read more about inspection ratings

2 Lincoln Road, Dorrington, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN4 3PT (01526) 833569

Provided and run by:
Home from Home Care Limited

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Our current view of the service

Requires improvement

Updated 13 March 2024

Date of assessment 14 April 2024 and 22 April 2024 onsite. The service provides accommodation and personal care to people with learning disabilities and autistic people. At the time of our assessment there were 11 people living at the service. We carried out this assessment as a response to concerns. We assessed a total of 17 quality statements from the safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led key questions. The scores for these areas have been combined with scores based on the key question ratings from the last inspection. We found 7 breaches of regulation in relation to person-centred care, dignity and respect, consent to care, safe care and treatment, safeguarding people and preventing abuse, premises and equipment and governance of the service. 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.

People's experience of the service

Updated 13 March 2024

People were subject to restrictive practices that were not regularly reviewed to ensure they were lawful and the least restrictive method. There was no evidence the provider had taken steps to reduce restrictive practices or evidence that people had been supported appropriately to ensure they had not suffered emotional or psychological harm. Lessons were not always learnt following incidents so staff could understand why something happened and how they could reduce the risk of reoccurrence to achieve more positive outcomes. Some restrictive practices were undignified with no evidence that least restrictive options had been considered. This did not support people’s quality of life.