Updated 24 April 2019
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. This inspection was planned to check whether the provider was meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Act, to look at the overall quality of the service, and to provide a rating for the service under the Care Act 2014.
Inspection team: The inspection team consisted of one inspector.
Service and service type:
Ascog House is a care home. People in care homes receive accommodation and nursing or personal care. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulates both the premises and the care provided, and both were looked at during this inspection. The service provides personal care and accommodation for up to 5 people. There were 5 people using the service at the time of the inspection.
The service had a manager registered with the Care Quality Commission. 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.
Notice of inspection: This inspection was unannounced.
What we did:
Before the inspection we looked at information we held about the service. This information included any statutory notifications that the provider had sent to the CQC. Statutory notifications include information about important events which the provider is required to send us by law. The provider had completed a Provider Information Return [PIR] in March 2018. Due to a change in the date of this inspection the provider had received another PIR shortly before this inspection, which they were in the process of completing within the timescale that we had set. The PIR is a form that asks the provider to give some key information about the service, what the service does well and improvements they plan to make. We used all this information and the previous inspection report to plan our inspection.
During the inspection we spoke with the assistant manager, one care worker, and five people using the service. We reviewed a variety of records which related to people's individual care and the management and running of the service. These records included care files of four people using the service and a range of other records to with the service provided to people.