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GoodRated 19/10/2023Home care · Cromer

CQC Key Questions

Safe

Good

People are protected from abuse and avoidable harm.

Effective

Good

Care achieves good outcomes and quality of life.

Caring

Good

Staff treat people with compassion, dignity, respect.

Responsive

Outstanding

Services are tailored to people's needs.

Well-led

Good

Leadership and culture support quality care.

What inspectors found

30 findings

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Respecting and promoting people's privacy, dignity, and independence
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Supporting people to express their views and be involved in making decisions about their care
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Ensuring people are well treated and supported; respecting equality and diversity

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Staff working with other agencies to provide consistent, effective, timely care
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Supporting people to eat and drink enough to maintain a balanced diet
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Staff support: induction, training, skills, and experience
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Assessing people's needs and choices; delivering care in line with standards, guidance and the law
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Ensuring consent to care and treatment in line with law and guidance

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Quality assurance systems included audits of medicines, care planning, delivery, and staff competency.
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Complaints were proactively managed; people felt listened to, reducing the need for formal complaints.
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Staff felt valued, supported, and worked well as a team; morale described as 'brilliant'.
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Infection prevention and control systems were well-managed, with an IPC champion and regular audits in place.
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Robust safeguarding systems including electronic reporting forms with immediate alerts to the registered manager.
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Improving care quality in response to complaints or concerns
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Supporting people to develop and maintain relationships to avoid social isolation
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Meeting people's communication needs
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Planning personalised care to ensure people have choice and control and to meet their needs and preferences

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Learning lessons when things go wrong
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Preventing and controlling infection
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Staffing and recruitment
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Assessing risk, safety monitoring and management
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Systems and processes to safeguard people from the risk of abuse
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Using medicines safely

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Engaging and involving people using the service, the public and staff; Working in partnership with others
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How the provider understands and acts on the duty of candour
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Promoting a positive culture that is person-centred, open, inclusive, and empowering
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Managers and staff being clear about their roles, and understanding quality performance, risks, and regulatory requirements

Source: CQC inspection reports under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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