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Mancroft

2 Mancroft Road, Wolverhampton, WV6 8RS

Goodpublished 3 February 2024, 2 years ago

Rated Good: inspectors found the service performing well and meeting their expectations.

The five questions inspectors ask
Safe?
Good
People were protected from abuse and avoidable harm. Inspectors found suitable risk assessments, enough staff, safe recruitment and trained staff administering medicines, although some medicine times were not always recorded.
Effective?
Good
This report did not give a separate rating or detailed findings for Effective.
Caring?
Good
This report did not give a separate rating or detailed findings for Caring.
Responsive?
Good
This report did not give a separate rating or detailed findings for Responsive.
Well-led?
Good
Audits and quality checks were completed and used to identify concerns. Staff understood their roles, felt supported and could raise concerns.
The latest report, explained

What inspectors found, February 2024

Rated Good; inspectors found people were safe and the home was well-led, but medicine records were not always complete.

This was an unannounced inspection prompted partly by a safeguarding concern. Inspectors found no evidence that people were at risk of harm from that concern. They visited on 17 January 2024, spoke with relatives and staff, observed people, and reviewed care and management records.

The home was rated Good for Safe and Well-led. Inspectors found suitable risk plans, enough staff, safe recruitment, trained staff for medicines, and infection control procedures. The management team used checks and audits to identify concerns and make improvements.

The time that some as-required medicines were given was not always recorded. The provider took immediate action by introducing a new chart. The overall rating remained Good, the same as at the previous inspection.

What inspectors praised
  • Enough staff

    Inspectors found there were enough staff to provide the care people needed at the right time. Relatives did not raise concerns about staffing levels.

    There were enough staff available to support people.from the report
  • Individual risk planning

    Risk assessments and care plans were based on people's individual needs. Staff followed them, including when supporting people in the community.

    Individual risks to people were assessed, monitored and reviewed.from the report
  • Safeguarding awareness

    Staff had safeguarding training and understood what to do if they suspected abuse. Inspectors found the relevant procedures were followed when needed.

    Staff had received training and understood when people may be at risk of abuse.from the report
  • Learning from incidents

    The registered manager showed that changes had been made after a previous safeguarding alert, and these changes were shared with staff.

    The registered manager was able to demonstrate lessons had been learnt when things went wrong.from the report
  • Management checks

    The home carried out checks on medicines, care and infection control. Inspectors found these audits were effective in identifying concerns.

    Quality checks and audits were completed in the service and these were effective in identifying concerns.from the report
What inspectors were concerned about
  • Medicine recording

    needs fixing

    The exact time that some as-required medicines were given was not always recorded. The provider took immediate action by introducing a new chart.

    The time people received these was not always documented.from the report
Questions to ask them, based on this report
  1. 01Has the new chart for recording as-required medicines been introduced, and is it now being completed every time?
  2. 02How do you check that medicine records show the exact time each as-required medicine was given?
  3. 03What changes were made after the safeguarding alert, and how do you check that staff continue to follow them?
  4. 04How do you make sure staffing levels remain sufficient for the four people using the care home service and the three people using supported living?
  5. 05How are people and their families involved when care plans or risk assessments are reviewed?

This was an unannounced focused inspection of Safe and Well-led; the report did not give separate ratings or detailed findings for Effective, Caring or Responsive, and the supported living premises themselves were not inspected. This explanation was written from the published report of 3 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.

The story over the years

Every inspection of Mancroft

4 rated inspections over 8 years: the service has held its Good rating throughout.

  1. February 2024Goodcurrent ratingstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

    Read what inspectors found at Mancroft

  2. December 2021Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

    We are reading this report · the original is on cqc.org.uk

  3. December 2018Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodWell-led: Good

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  4. June 2016Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  5. June 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  6. January 2014

    Report published without a new overall rating.

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  7. July 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  8. October 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 14 October 2011.

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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