Gramer House/Holly House

Updated 17 April 2014

The Trust has a total of 21 active locations three hospital sites: Brooklands, St Michael’s Hospital and Caludon Centre. There are four locations providing respite services for children with learning disabilities. Gramer House and Holly House are two of these.

The Trust provides a wide range of mental health and learning disability services for children, young adults, adults and older adults as well as providing a range of community services for people in Coventry.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust has been inspected 21 times since registration.  Out of these, there have been 10 inspections covering five locations which are registered for mental health conditions. Gramer House and Holly House is a location which has not previously been inspected.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust provides overnight short breaks to children with a learning disability and additional health needs (complex physical health needs and/or mental health/behavioural needs). It provides this service in four separate locations. These services all provide planned respite care for children and young people away from their parents or other main carers.

Gramer House and Holly House are on the same site and provide a service to people in North Warwickshire. Gramer House provides care for up to four children with learning disabilities and additional physical health needs. Holly House has up to three beds for children with a learning disability who may also have mental health and behavioural needs. This service had not been inspected by CQC before.

Updated 17 April 2014

Gramer House and Holly House are on the same site and provide a service to children in North Warwickshire. Gramer House provides care for up to four children with learning disabilities and additional physical health needs. Holly House has up to three beds for children with a learning disability who also have mental health and behavioural needs.

We found that the service provided safe, caring and effective care to children. Staff were trained and experienced and showed high levels of motivation and commitment. We were able to observe interactions between staff and children and saw these take place in a warm, friendly and supportive manner throughout.

There was a consistent staff team as many of the staff had worked at Gramer House and Holly House for many years. We saw staff supported children in a very positive and reassuring way. All staff showed a good knowledge of the needs of individual children and how to meet them, leading to a responsive and well-managed service.

Parents of the children who used the service were very positive about the service they received.

The approach to bed occupancy was led by the children’s needs. This meant the children’s care could be met through the right staffing levels, in a safe environment where their needs would not conflict with those of others.

Updated 17 April 2014

We found that the service provided safe, caring and effective care to children. Staff were trained and experienced and showed high levels of motivation and commitment. We were able to observe interactions between staff and children and saw these take place in a warm, friendly and supportive manner throughout.

There was a consistent staff team as many of the staff had worked at Gramer House and Holly House for many years. We saw staff supported children in a very positive and reassuring way. All staff showed a good knowledge of the needs of individual children and how to meet them, leading to a responsive and well-managed service.

Parents of the children who used the service were very positive about the service they received.

The approach to bed occupancy was led by the children’s needs. This meant the children’s care could be met by enough staff, in a safe environment where their needs would not conflict with those of others.