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Review of compliance: Cambian Learning Disabilities Limited: Rainham Farm Lodge
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This review of compliance is from Farm Lodge, an independent hospital run by Cambian Learning Disabilities Limited. Farm lodge is an independent hospital registered to provide assessment or medical treatment for persons detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, diagnostic and screening procedures and treatment of disease, disorder or injury. The service is for six adults with a learning disability and additional diagnoses, who are liable to be detained under the Mental Health Act 1983. Most of the standards were met; however the ‘standards of caring for people safely and protecting them from harm’ was noted as in need of improvement.
Review of compliance: Partnerships in Care Limited: Stockton Hall
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This review of compliance is from Stockton Hall Hospital, owned and managed by Partnerships in Care and located in the village of Stockton-on-the-Forest about five miles from the centre of the city of York. It provides medium secure psychiatric facilities for adult men suffering from mental illness, personality disorder or a mild to moderate learning disability. The hospital is a purpose-built facility registered to accommodate 112 patients, all of whom are liable to be detained under the 1983 Mental Health Act. There were six wards capable of accommodating between sixteen and twenty four patients. This report focuses on Kyme ward, as it was the ward accommodating patients with learning disabilities. All the patients on Kyme ward were detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 and all were male. The report found that Kyme Ward at Stockton Hall was meeting all the essential standards of quality and safety reviewed, but, to maintain this, suggested some improvements are made.
Review of compliance: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust: assessment and intervention service: The Birling Centre
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This review of compliance is from The Birling Centre, Kent and Medway NHS, an inpatient facility for people with learning disabilities who may also have a mental illness and severe challenging behaviour. Nine patients were using the service at the time of the visit. The unit is registered to provide: assessment or medical treatment for persons detained under the Mental Health Act 1983; treatment of disease, disorder or injury; and diagnostic and screening procedures. The report found that the Birling Centre was not meeting one or more essential standards. Improvements were needed in the following areas: there were major concerns that outcome 4 needed improvements – ‘people should get safe and appropriate care that meets their needs and supports their rights’; and outcome 7 was adequate – ‘people should be protected from abuse and staff should respect their human rights’.
Review of compliance: Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust: Slade House
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This review of compliance is from Slade House, Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust, an inpatient facility for people with learning disabilities who may also have a mental illness and severe challenging behaviour who need to be treated in a secure environment. Fourteen patients were using the service at the time of the inspection. Slade House is registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide: assessment or medical treatment for persons detained under the Mental Health Act 1983; and treatment of disease, disorder or injury. This inspection report found that Slade House was meeting all the essential standards of quality and safety that were reviewed.
Review of compliance: Claremont Care Limited: The New Barn
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The New Barn is a care home that provides long term care for up to 11 people with a learning disability. It is registered for accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care. It is one of a group of care services owned by Claremont Care Limited. This compliance report found that the New Barn was not meeting one or more essential standards. Staff had the knowledge of how to protect people from abuse, or the risk of abuse but did not fully record any restraints used. The home had not involved the local safeguarding authority appropriately making the independent oversight of people’s care more difficult to carry out.
Review of compliance: Parkcare Homes (No. 2) Limited: Melling Acres
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Melling Acres provides care and support for people with learning disabilities and complex support needs. The accommodation is provided in several houses on one site with large grounds. The regulated activities registered for the location Melling Acres are: Accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care. The provider for Melling Acres is Parkcare Homes (No 2) Limited, part of Craegmoor care services. This is a national organisation that provides services to people with learning disabilities, mental health problems or who are elderly. People’s care and support needs were assessed but most care plans were not up to date and some important information including that relating to their physical health needs was not in place. This reduced the effectiveness of the care and support provided and the poor management of their care resulted in distress or harm for some people. There were some activities and experiences in place but these were limited. Whilst most staff were respectful to the people using the service there were examples when this had not been consistent. The lack of advocacy limited the ways people had to express any concern. This meant that some people were not experiencing effective, safe and appropriate care, support and treatment that met their needs and protected their rights.
Review of compliance: Curo Care Limited: Constance house Hospital
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Constance House is an independent hospital run by Curo Care Limited. The service is for female adults with a learning disability and additional diagnoses, who are liable to be detained under the Mental Health Act 1983. Eight people were residing at the hospital during the visited. Constance House is registered to provide: assessment or medical treatment; accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care; diagnostic and screening procedures; treatment of disease, disorder or injury. This compliance report found that Constance House was meeting all the essential standards of quality and safety that were reviewed.
Review of compliance: Cambian Learning Disabilities Limited: Chaseways
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Chaseways is a community hospital for people with a learning disability and associated mental health problems. It provides assessment, treatment and rehabilitation to up to nine people of the same gender and at the time of the review all beds were occupied. The location is registered to carry out the regulated activities of: treatment of disease, disorder or injury; assessment or medical treatment for persons detained under the Mental Health Act 1983; and diagnostic and screening procedures. The location is one of a number throughout the country operated by Cambian Learning Disabilities Ltd. The care, health and support needs of people receiving treatment and support at Chaseways were detailed in care plans. Although new care plan documentation was being introduced, which was in a person centred format, people receiving treatment and support were not routinely involved. Some documentation was in an easy read format, but not accessible to the people receiving support. Health care plans did not show routine medical treatment accessible for people who use the service. Staffing shortages sometimes restricted the number of activities available to people receiving treatment, and there was a lack of stimulation within everyday living for the people receiving treatment and support at Chaseways. The service did not provide the assessment, treatment and rehabilitation that was required.
Learning disability services inspection programme: national overview
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 56p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In response to the serious abuse and poor standards of care at Winterbourne View, a series of unannounced inspections of learning disability services were carried out by the Care Quality Commission. This national overview report provides an analysis of the findings of 150 unannounced inspections of services providing care for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviours in England. These included 71 NHS trusts and 47 independent healthcare services providing assessment and treatment and secure services, and 32 adult social care services providing residential care. Inspections were carried out against two 'outcomes: outcome 4 (care and welfare of people who use services) and outcome 7 (safeguarding people who use services from abuse). The report highlights the key areas of concern for overall compliance and for each outcome. Of the 145 inspections included in the report (five of the inspections were pilots and not included) 35 met both standards, 41 met both standards with minor concerns and 69 failed to meet both standards. The report also states that there is no need for additional guidance, but the need to ensure that existing guidance in implemented. The findings demonstrate that services for people with learning disabilities still need to improve and that this requires a whole system response and approach from the policy makers, the providers, the commissioners and the regulators. Separate recommendations are provided for commissioners, providers and the Care Quality Commission.
Our checks of learning disability services in England: easy read
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Inspections of 150 services for people with learning disabilities following the poor care and abuse found at Winterbourne view, a private hospital for people with learning disabilities. This easy read summary reports on which services were inspected and what the inspectors found. It then provides advice for commissioners who buy services for local councils and health services, service providers, and how the Care Quality Commission carry out their inspections.