Updated 15 May 2024
The assessment took place between 15 July to 1 August 2024. We undertook this assessment to review progress made since our last assessment and to follow up on previous breaches of regulation. David House is a care home providing personal care to people, who require support with their mental health. Some of whom have a learning disability and/or are autistic. At the time of our assessment there were 8 people using the service. We assessed 23 quality statements across the 5 key questions and have combined the scores for these areas with scores from the last assessment. 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. Right support: People were supported by knowledgeable staff. Improvements had been made to recruitment practices, training and supervision provision. Staff supported people in line with the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Right care: People received care that met their needs. They were treated equally and fairly, and staff respected their protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010. Right culture: A new management team was in post and a governance committee had been established. However, we found improvements were required to ensure adequate review and audit of all areas of service provision. And improvements were required to the quality and completeness of people’s support plans. We found the provider was in breach of the regulation relating to good governance. We have asked the provider for an action plan in response to the concerns found at this assessment.