# Ability 2 Achieve Care & Support Limited

Ability 2 Achieve Care & Support Limited is a CQC-regulated home-care agency in Blackpool.

## CQC Ratings

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

Rating published: 01/10/2022

## Practical info

- Postcode: FY4 5GU
- Registered manager: Bateman, Anne
- Local authority: Lancashire
- Region: North West
- City: Blackpool
- Last CQC check: 01/Oct/2022 - 00:00

## Inspection findings

### Other

- Finding
  - Evidence: Effective infection prevention and control including safe PPE use
  - Published: 2022-10-01
- Finding
  - Evidence: Registered manager understood duty of candour and CQC notification responsibilities
  - Published: 2022-10-01
- Finding
  - Evidence: Good partnership working with social workers, GPs and community nurses
  - Published: 2022-10-01
- Finding
  - Evidence: Effective management oversight through audits and senior staff spot checks
  - Published: 2022-10-01
- Finding
  - Evidence: Person-centred culture supporting choice, independence and positive risk-taking aligned with Right Support, Right Care, Right Culture
  - Published: 2022-10-01
- Finding
  - Evidence: Strong safeguarding systems with staff demonstrating good understanding of how to keep people safe
  - Published: 2022-10-01
- Finding
  - Evidence: Staff received medication training and had competencies assessed, with auditing systems to identify discrepancies
  - Published: 2022-10-01
- Finding
  - Evidence: Thorough recruitment procedures with checks completed before staff start work
  - Published: 2022-10-01

### safe

- Finding
  - Preventing and controlling infection
  - Published: 2022-10-01
- Finding
  - Using medicines safely
  - Published: 2022-10-01
- Finding
  - Assessing risk, safety monitoring and management; Learning lessons when things go wrong
  - Published: 2022-10-01
- Finding
  - Systems and processes to safeguard people from the risk of abuse
  - Published: 2022-10-01
- Finding
  - Staffing and recruitment
  - Published: 2022-10-01

### well_led

- Finding
  - Working in partnership with others
  - Published: 2022-10-01
- Finding
  - Engaging and involving people, the public and staff
  - Published: 2022-10-01
- Finding
  - Managers and staff understanding roles, quality, risks and duty of candour
  - Published: 2022-10-01
- Finding
  - Promoting a positive, person-centred culture
  - Published: 2022-10-01

## 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/1-3605841251

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