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Rose Court Nursing and Residential Home

44-48 Water Street, Radcliffe, M26 4DF

Goodpublished 23 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 robust risk assessments, enough staff, safe recruitment, safe medicines practice and good infection control.
Effective?
Good
People's needs were assessed and care was delivered effectively. Staff had high training completion, people received suitable food and drink, and health needs were monitored with support from other professionals.
Caring?
Good
Staff treated people with kindness, dignity and respect. People were involved in decisions about their care and were supported to remain independent where possible.
Responsive?
Good
Care plans reflected people's needs and preferences. The home offered varied activities, supported relationships and communication, and had systems for responding to complaints and end-of-life needs.
Well-led?
Outstanding
Inspectors found exceptional leadership, an open and inclusive culture, effective quality checks and strong partnership working. People, relatives and staff were encouraged to share their views and ideas.
The latest report, explained

What inspectors found, February 2024

Rated Good overall; inspectors found safe, kind and responsive care, with Outstanding leadership.

Inspectors visited without notice on 10, 13 and 14 December 2023. They spoke with people living in the home, relatives and staff. They observed care, including medicines being given, and checked care records, safety, staffing, recruitment and management systems.

The home was rated Good for Safe, Effective, Caring and Responsive. Inspectors found enough staff, safe medicines practice, suitable risk assessments, good hygiene, appropriate training and care plans that reflected people's needs. People were treated with kindness and respect, had access to health care and were offered a wide range of activities.

The home was rated Outstanding for Well-led. Inspectors found strong leadership, good teamwork, effective checks on quality and a clear approach to making improvements. The overall rating was Good, and the previous overall rating was also Good, published in November 2017.

What inspectors praised
  • Exceptional leadership

    Inspectors found a clear vision, strong teamwork and management that acted on feedback and improvement plans.

    The provider had created a learning culture at the service which improved the care people received.from the report
  • Kind and respectful care

    Staff were observed speaking kindly to people and supporting their dignity, choices and independence.

    We observed staff speaking to people in a kind and dignified manner.from the report
  • Activities and social life

    People had many opportunities to take part in activities inside and outside the home, helping them maintain relationships and avoid isolation.

    The home had a varied activities timetable which included activities both in and away from the homefrom the report
  • Safe staffing and training

    Inspectors found sufficient staff, robust recruitment checks and a broad training programme. More than 96% of training had been completed.

    There was a high level of compliance with training at the home, with over 96% of training being completed.from the report
  • Personalised surroundings

    The home had accessible spaces and rooms designed around people's interests and needs, including dementia-friendly areas and sensory spaces.

    People could freely access these rooms and rummage around safely.from the report
What inspectors were concerned about

Inspectors raised no specific concerns in this report.

Questions to ask them, based on this report
  1. 01How will you make sure my relative's care plan is updated promptly if their mobility, eating, communication or health needs change?
  2. 02What activities would suit my relative's interests, and how would you support them to take part if they became less mobile or more withdrawn?
  3. 03How do you check that staff have completed the training needed for my relative's particular care and health needs?
  4. 04How would you involve my relative and our family in decisions about care, including decisions where they may lack capacity?
  5. 05How do your medicine audits identify and resolve any problems, and how would you tell us if a medicine-related incident affected my relative?

This was an unannounced inspection of the care home, including the premises and care provided, and it assessed all five CQC questions. This explanation was written from the published report of 23 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 Rose Court Nursing and Residential Home

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

  1. February 2024Goodcurrent rating
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Outstanding

    Read what inspectors found at Rose Court Nursing and Residential Home

  2. March 2021Inspected but not rated
    Safe: Inspected but not rated

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

  3. November 2017Goodstayed Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Outstanding

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  4. August 2015Good
    Safe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  5. September 2013

    Report published without a new overall rating.

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  6. November 2012

    Report published without a new overall rating.

    Read this report on cqc.org.uk

  7. October 2011

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 31 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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