# Four Meadows

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Four Meadows is a CQC-regulated home-care agency in Ringwood.

## CQC Ratings

| Key question | Rating |
| --- | --- |
| Overall | Good |
| Safe | Good |
| Effective | Good |
| Caring | Good |
| Responsive | Good |
| Well-led | Good |

Rating published: 15/02/2023

## Practical info

- Postcode: BH24 2AG
- Registered manager: Liddiard, Burga
- Local authority: Dorset
- Region: South West
- City: Ringwood
- Last CQC check: 15/Feb/2023 - 00:00

## Inspection findings

### Other

- Finding
  - Evidence: Provider introduced an independent well-being health professional offering holistic therapies for people and staff.
  - Published: 2023-02-15
- Finding
  - Evidence: Care team recognised with the Linda McEnhill award for outstanding bereavement support.
  - Published: 2023-02-15
- Finding
  - Evidence: Effective quality assurance programme including audits of medication, infection prevention, complaints and health and safety.
  - Published: 2023-02-15
- Finding
  - Evidence: Strong multi-disciplinary working with GPs, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists and community learning disability teams.
  - Published: 2023-02-15
- Finding
  - Evidence: Open and honest leadership culture with clear management structure, regular supervisions, team meetings and staff feeling valued.
  - Published: 2023-02-15
- Finding
  - Evidence: Risk assessments were current, person-centred and involved people and their families, supporting independence with least restriction.
  - Published: 2023-02-15
- Finding
  - Evidence: Medicines were safely managed, stored and administered with regular audits and competency checks for staff.
  - Published: 2023-02-15
- Finding
  - Evidence: Robust recruitment processes including full employment history checks, reference verification and DBS checks.
  - Published: 2023-02-15
- Finding
  - Evidence: People and relatives reported feeling safe, happy and well-supported, with consistent and knowledgeable staff who knew people well.
  - Published: 2023-02-15

## Source

Data published by the [Care Quality Commission](https://www.cqc.org.uk/) under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Canonical page: https://homecarecompass.co.uk/agency/1-3133381705

HomeCare Compass is an independent guide and is not affiliated with the CQC.