Thornsbeach Court

Updated 21 November 2018

We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. This inspection was planned to check whether the provider is meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and sustaining improvements previously made to the service, to look at the overall quality of the service and to provide a rating for the service under the Care Act 2014.

The inspection took place on 13 July 2018. This inspection was carried out by a single inspector. The inspection was unannounced.

Prior to the inspection we reviewed the information we held about the service. We spoke with two health and social care professionals who worked with the service to obtain their feedback.

We spoke with four care workers and the registered manager of the service. We also spoke with one person using the service and one relative of a person using the service. We looked at two people’s care records, six staff records and records related to the management of the service.

Updated 21 November 2018

We conducted an inspection of Thornsbeach Court on 13 July 2018. The inspection was unannounced. At our last comprehensive inspection we found the service was meeting regulations inspected. However, although we were able to carry out an inspection we did not have enough information about the experiences of a sufficient number of people using the service over a consistent period of time to give a rating to each of the five questions and provide an overall rating for the service.

Thornsbeach Court is a ‘care home’. People in care homes receive accommodation and nursing or personal care as a single package under one contractual agreement. CQC regulates both the premises and the care provided, and both were looked at during this inspection. Thornsbeach Court provides accommodation and personal care for up to seven people with mental health needs. At the time of our inspection there were two people using the service one of whom had moved into the service in September 2017 and the other person had moved in approximately one week prior to our inspection.

There was a registered manager at the service. A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. Like registered providers, they are ‘registered persons’. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and associated Regulations about how the service is run.

The provider operated safer recruitment processes by conducting appropriate pre- employment checks of candidates prior to their employment. The provider ensured that a sufficient number of suitable staff were employed to provide care.

The provider safely administered and managed medicines. Care staff had a good understanding of the procedures they were required to follow when administering medicines to people and records demonstrated that correct processes were being followed.

Risks to people’s care were assessed and appropriate risk management guidelines were put in place. Care staff had a good understanding about the risks to people’s care as well as what they were required to do to manage these.

Staff had a good understanding of their responsibilities under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. People’s rights were protected and their liberty was only deprived in accordance with legal requirements for their own safety. Staff sought people’s consent before providing care and support.

People were supported with their health and nutritional needs. Care staff understood people’s needs and supported them to access any external support they required.

Care staff had a good understanding of the people they were supporting and we observed kind and caring interactions between people using the service and care staff.

Care staff ensured people’s privacy and dignity was respected and promoted. People and their relatives were involved in decisions regarding the management of their care.

There was a complaints procedure in place and people and relatives confirmed they were aware of this if needed.

People were given appropriate support to access activities both within and outside the home. Care staff were proactive in offering different options to people regarding the activities they wished to pursue.

The provider had suitable quality monitoring processes in place and action plans were put in place and implemented where needed.