Woodside
Minehead, TA24 · 0.8 km
Residential
Rated 3 years agoReport explained
CQC report explained · a nursing home, run by Welford Healthcare
Minehead Limited
Periton Road, Minehead, TA24 8DT
Requires improvementpublished 10 March 2023, 3 years ago
Rated Requires improvement: inspectors found the service was not performing as well as it should and told it what to change.
The five questions inspectors ask
- Safe?
- Good
- People felt safe and staff responded promptly to requests for help. Medicines were generally managed safely, but there were some supply problems.
- Effective?
- Requires improvement
- Some people with complex needs may not have received prompt and appropriate support. Assessments, care records, mealtime arrangements and links with outside professionals also needed improvement.
- Caring?
- Good
- This question was not inspected during this focused inspection. Inspectors observed pleasant and kind interactions between people and staff.
- Responsive?
- Good
- This question was not inspected during this focused inspection. Inspectors reported limited opportunities for suitable social stimulation and activities.
- Well-led?
- Requires improvement
- Management and clinical oversight were inconsistent. Quality monitoring identified problems and the provider was working on improvements, but there was no senior clinical staff member overseeing people's needs.
The latest report, explained
What inspectors found, March 2023
Rated Requires Improvement; inspectors found people were safe and treated kindly, but clinical support, personalised care and management needed improvement.
This was an unannounced focused inspection on 31 January and 1 February 2023. Inspectors looked at Safe, Effective and Well-led, following concerns about medicines and staff skills for people with complex needs. They spoke with people, staff and health professionals, observed care, and checked medicines, care plans, recruitment files and quality records.
The home was rated Good for Safe. People felt safe, staff were kind, staffing levels were adequate, recruitment checks were completed and medicines were generally given as prescribed. There were some medicines supply problems, but managers were working with the pharmacy and GP surgery to improve this.
Effective and Well-led were rated Requires Improvement. There was no permanent clinical lead, some people did not receive prompt specialist support, and pre-admission assessments and care records were not always complete. People also had limited opportunities for suitable activities and social contact, although the provider had started making changes.
The overall rating changed from Good at the previous inspection, published in May 2021, to Requires Improvement. The caring and responsive questions were not inspected in this visit, so their previous ratings were used when calculating the overall rating.
What inspectors praised
People felt safe
People told inspectors they felt safe, and staff were available when help was needed. Recruitment checks and building safety checks were also in place.
“People felt safe at the home and with the staff who supported them.” from the report
Kind staff
Inspectors saw pleasant interactions and found that staff generally treated people as individuals.
“People received kind and compassionate care from a friendly staff team.” from the report
Quality monitoring
The provider's audits identified areas needing improvement, including medicines, dementia-friendly surroundings and care planning.
“This showed that monitoring systems were effective and used to drive improvements.” from the report
What inspectors were concerned about
Limited clinical oversight
needs fixingThere was no clinical lead at the home. A nurse from another part of the business was providing temporary, part-time support, which meant some people may not have received prompt support.
“There was no clinical lead at the home and therefore a lack of clinical support for staff and people when they had complex needs.” from the report
Incomplete assessments and records
needs fixingSome assessments did not cover social needs or outside healthcare support. Care records and risk assessments were not always up to date or detailed enough.
“People's care records were not always up to date and robust.” from the report
Specialist support was not consistent
needs fixingSome people had difficulty accessing specialist health professionals, particularly when they had moved from another county. This meant their care needs were not always met.
“This meant people did not always receive the care and support they needed.” from the report
Limited activities and social contact
needs fixingSome people had few opportunities for activities suited to their age and needs, or to access the local community.
“One person commented they often felt "Quite isolated.” from the report
Dignity at mealtimes
minorPeople living with dementia were all using plastic plates and cups without individual assessments. Pureed meals were also poorly presented on the first inspection day.
“People's dignity was not always promoted at mealtimes.” from the report
Questions to ask them, based on this report
- 01Who now provides senior clinical oversight, and how is this person involved in assessing new and existing residents?
- 02How will you make sure my relative's specialist healthcare needs are agreed and recorded before they move in?
- 03What activities, one-to-one support and community visits would be available for my relative?
- 04Have all care plans and risk assessments been transferred and updated on the new electronic system?
- 05What has changed to prevent medicines supply problems from happening again?
This was a focused inspection of Safe, Effective and Well-led; Caring and Responsive were not inspected and their previous ratings were carried over. This explanation was written from the published report of 10 March 2023 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.
The story over the years
Every inspection of Minehead Limited
4 rated inspections over 7 years: the service has slipped, from Good to Requires improvement.
- March 2023Requires improvementcurrent ratingdown from GoodSafe: GoodEffective: Requires improvementCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Requires improvement
- May 2021Goodstayed GoodSafe: GoodWell-led: Good
- November 2017Goodstayed GoodSafe: GoodEffective: GoodWell-led: Good
- November 2015GoodSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: Requires improvementWell-led: Good
- October 2014
Report published without a new overall rating.
- October 2013
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 18 October 2013.
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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