CQC report explained · a nursing home, run by Harbour Healthcare
Bentley Manor
Sherbourne Road, Crewe, CW1 4LB
Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.
- Safe?
- Good
- Inspectors found that risks, accidents, medicines, safeguarding and infection control were managed safely. Staffing feedback was mixed in one area, but an additional carer was deployed permanently during the inspection.
- Effective?
- Good
- Care plans recorded people's needs, choices and preferences. Staff had appropriate training, people were supported with food, fluids and healthcare, and consent and best-interest processes were followed.
- Caring?
- Good
- This key question was not inspected during this visit, so no rating was given in this report.
- Responsive?
- Good
- This key question was not inspected during this visit, so no rating was given in this report.
- Well-led?
- Good
- Inspectors found effective audits, regular meetings and a positive culture. People, relatives and staff were involved in giving feedback and the home worked with health professionals.
What inspectors found, February 2024
Bentley Manor is rated Good; inspectors found safe, kind and well-managed care, with staffing concerns in one area addressed during the inspection.
This was an unannounced inspection after CQC received information about an incident in which a person using the service died. The circumstances of that death were not examined in this inspection and remain subject to further CQC investigation. Inspectors looked at risks linked to accidents and incidents.
Inspectors visited on 23 and 24 January 2024. They spoke with people, relatives and staff, observed care, and checked care plans, medicines records, staff files, training, audits, safeguarding records, accidents and incidents.
The home was rated Good for Safe, Effective and Well-led. Medicines, risk assessments, infection control and safeguarding systems were found to be safe. People received care based on their needs and choices, and staff worked well with health professionals.
People and relatives praised the staff and said the home was caring and responsive. Staff felt supported by managers. The Safe rating improved from Requires Improvement at the previous inspection, while Effective and Well-led remained Good.
Kind and respectful staff
People and relatives spoke highly of staff, describing them as kind, approachable, patient and understanding.
“The staff are very caring and very understanding. They are approachable and will sit and talk with you.” from the report
Safe medicines and risk management
Medicines records were accurate and medicines were given as prescribed. Risks, falls and incidents were recorded, reviewed and used to guide further action.
“Medicines were managed safely, and people received their medicines as prescribed.” from the report
Care based on individual needs
Care plans included people's needs, choices, likes, dislikes and food preferences. Staff updated records when people's needs changed.
“People's care plans were person centred and contained detailed information on their needs and choices.” from the report
Strong management oversight
The management team used audits, meetings and action plans to monitor quality and improve care. People, relatives and staff had regular opportunities to give feedback.
“The provider completed a range of audits to ensure quality monitoring was robust and effective.” from the report
Staffing in one area
needs fixingSome staff said staffing levels were not always enough in one area of the home. The registered manager reviewed this immediately and added a carer permanently.
“However, some staff members told us they felt there was not enough staff in one area of the home.” from the report
- 01How many staff are now permanently deployed in the area where staff raised concerns about staffing levels?
- 02How do you check that staffing levels continue to match people's changing needs?
- 03What action will be taken if the separate CQC investigation into the reported death identifies further concerns?
- 04How will you keep relatives informed about any changes arising from that investigation?
- 05What were the main improvements made since the previous Safe rating of Requires Improvement?
This was an unannounced inspection prompted by concerns about accident and incident risks; inspectors inspected Safe, Effective and Well-led, while the circumstances of the reported death and the other key questions were not examined in this visit. This explanation was written from the published report of 20 February 2024 by an AI system and checked against the report text: every quoted line appears in the report. It is a guide to the report, not a substitute for it. Read the full report on cqc.org.uk.
Every inspection of Bentley Manor
3 rated inspections over 6 years: the service has improved, from Requires improvement to Good.
- February 2024Goodcurrent ratingSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
- March 2021Inspected but not ratedSafe: Inspected but not rated
- October 2018Goodup from Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodWell-led: Good
- August 2017Requires improvementSafe: Requires improvementEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
- June 2016
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 3 June 2016.
Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission. A service can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections, not every contact the CQC has had with the service.
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