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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.
What we think about Durham Rd: easy read report
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Durham Road, part of Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust, was inspected as part of a targeted inspection programme in hospitals that care for people with learning disabilities. The inspection was to assess how well they experience effective, safe and appropriate care treatment and support that meets their needs and protects their rights; and whether they are protected from abuse. Using words and pictures this easy read report describes the reasons for the inspection, the way the inspection was carried out and provides a summary of the main findings.
Covid-19 Insight: issue 11
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 14
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Initial findings from a provider collaboration review exploring the care for people with a learning disability who live in the community, and what impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on them and the services they receive. Many of the issues emerging from review are not new. In a lot of cases, the pandemic has simply served to shine a light on pre-existing challenges, gaps and poor-quality care. There are some approaches to care delivery that can provide people with the care that they need, in a way that enables them to lead their best lives. For example: giving people choice, control and independence; access to the right care and support at the right time; and collaboration between services, and with the person and their families. The findings of this provider collaboration review support our wider ambitions to improve our regulation of services for people with a learning disability and autistic people. The document also updates data on: the number of deaths of people in care homes; and the number of deaths of people detained under the Mental Health Act. (Edited publisher abstract)
Covid-19 Insight: issue 7
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 22
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
This report shares data on the designated settings scheme for adult social care, and looks into more detail on data on deaths from COVID-19. The data shows that between 1 December 2020 and 12 January 2021, the number of acute hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 patients increased by around 138% nationally. The average COVID-19 occupancy rate was 27% in the seven days to 12 January, compared with 22% in the previous seven days. Two trusts currently have rates above 50%; more than half of their beds are occupied by patients with confirmed COVID-19. The changes have varied considerably across regions. Whereas, for example, the North East and Yorkshire saw a relatively small increase from 1 December 2020 to 12 January 2021, the South East, East of England and London have all seen very large increases. The number of acute beds occupied by COVID-19 patients in London more than quadrupled in the space of six weeks. The report also examines whether there were any differences in the propensity for deaths to be flagged for COVID-19 between people with a learning disability or autism and those without. It finds that: people with a learning disability were slightly more likely to have died with confirmed or suspected Covid-19 than others in care homes whose death was notified; the data showed no discernible differences based on sufficiently large numbers between the deaths of people from Black and minority ethnic groups, with and without a learning disability or autism, and White people with or without a learning disability or autism; people from Black and minority ethnic groups who died were slightly younger in age than White people who died, reflecting demographic trends in the wider population. (Edited publisher abstract)
Right support, right care, right culture: how CQC regulates providers supporting autistic people and people with a learning disability
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 49
- Place of publication:
- London
This statutory guidance applies to any service that currently, or intends to, provide regulated care to autistic people and people with a learning disability, including children and young adults, working age adults and older people. It describes the CQC regulatory approach for these services, covering registration, inspection, monitor and enforcement functions. Key requirements providers are expected to demonstrate include: there is a clear need for the service and it has been agreed by commissioners; the size, setting and design of the service meet people’s expectations and align with current best practice; people have access to the community; the model of care, policies and procedures are in line with current best practice. The document includes case studies illustrating how this guidance works in action in adult social care and hospitals. (Edited publisher abstract)
Monitoring the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in 2014/15
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 32
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
This is the fifth annual monitoring report on the implementation of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. The report focuses on the impact on outcomes for people who lack mental capacity and may be deprived of their liberty, and highlights CQC actions and recommendations for improvement. The report draws on a range of sources, including analysis of a sample of 214 inspection reports of hospitals and care homes inspected in 2014/15 and data on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards notifications received by CQC in 2014/15. Short case studies and good practice examples are included within the report. Key findings show there has been a tenfold rise in Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards applications from 13,715 in the year ending March 2014 to 137,540 by March 2015 which has also resulted in a backlog in local authority processing of applications. Evidence from CQC inspections also found that providers' use of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards was variable in relation to levels of staff training and awareness and the existence and implementation of policies and processes. Examples where provides may be unlawfully depriving people of their liberty were also identified. (Edited publisher abstract)
Review of compliance: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust: Littlebrook Hospital
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Brookfield Centre at the Littlebrook Hospital site is a rehabilitation and recovery in-patient service for up to ten adult males. It provides a specialist service for patients who have an identified learning disability, mental health needs and where there is either a history or risk of offending behaviour. This may require that some patients are detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 in secure conditions. The Brookfield Centre is for patients who are at a stage in their care pathway where controlled access is the most appropriate setting for their detention. This compliance report found that the Brookfield Centre was meeting the essential standards of quality and safety reviewed; but to maintain this, there were some suggestions for improvements, in the areas of “treatment of disease, disorder or injury”, and “assessment or medical treatment for persons detained under the Mental Health Act”.