# Favour Health Ltd

Favour Health Ltd is a CQC-regulated home-care agency in Northampton.

## CQC Ratings

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

Rating published: 10/03/2020

## Practical info

- Postcode: NN1 4AZ
- Registered manager: Owusu-Achiaw, Martha
- Local authority: West Northamptonshire
- Region: East Midlands
- City: Northampton
- Last CQC check: 10/Mar/2020 - 00:00

## Inspection findings

### caring

- Finding
  - Respecting and promoting people's privacy, dignity and independence
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Supporting people to express their views and be involved in making decisions about their care
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Ensuring people are well treated and supported; respecting equality and diversity
  - Published: 2020-03-10

### effective

- Finding
  - Ensuring consent to care and treatment in line with law and guidance
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Staff working with other agencies to provide consistent, effective, timely care
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Supporting people to eat and drink enough to maintain a balanced diet
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Staff support: induction, training, skills and experience
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Assessing people's needs and choices; delivering care in line with standards, guidance and the law
  - Published: 2020-03-10

### Other

- Finding
  - Evidence: Person's end of life wishes discussed and recorded in care plan
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Evidence: Effective quality assurance systems including audits and staff supervision
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Evidence: Staff received equality, diversity, infection control, safeguarding, and medicines training
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Evidence: Registered manager accessible and responsive, conducting regular telephone monitoring and home visits
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Evidence: Regular unannounced medicines competency checks and monthly medicines audits with no errors identified
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Evidence: Person-centred care planning with active involvement of the person in developing and reviewing their plan
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Evidence: Safe recruitment processes including DBS checks completed prior to employment
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Evidence: Consistent staffing team with strong knowledge of the person's individual needs, likes and dislikes
  - Published: 2020-03-10

### responsive

- Finding
  - End of life care and support
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Improving care quality in response to complaints or concerns
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Meeting people's communication needs
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Planning personalised care to ensure people have choice and control and to meet their needs and preferences
  - Published: 2020-03-10

### safe

- Finding
  - Learning lessons when things go wrong
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Preventing and controlling infection
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Using medicines safely
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Staffing and recruitment
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Assessing risk, safety monitoring and management
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Systems and processes to safeguard people from the risk of abuse
  - Published: 2020-03-10

### well_led

- Finding
  - Engaging and involving people using the service, the public and staff
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Managers and staff being clear about their roles, and understanding quality performance, risks and regulatory requirements
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - How the provider understands and acts on the duty of candour
  - Published: 2020-03-10
- Finding
  - Promoting a positive culture that is person-centred, open, inclusive and empowering
  - Published: 2020-03-10

## 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/1-4552112000

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