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Corbrook Park

Overall: Not rated read more about inspection ratings

Audlem Road, Audlem, Crewe, Cheshire, CW3 0HF (01270) 812049

Provided and run by:
Welford Healthcare MC Ltd

Important: The provider of this service changed - see old profile

All Inspections

During an assessment under our new approach

Date of Assessment: 15 January to 7 February 2025. Corbrook Park is a residential care home providing personal and nursing care for up to 80 people. The service provides support to older people, some of whom are living with dementia. At the time of our inspection there were 61 people using the service.

We undertook this assessment following concerns around poor care, cleanliness and staffing levels.

We identified 3 breaches of the regulations in relation to safe care and treatment, good governance and staffing.

Staff were not deployed effectively to provide safe and effective care. Staff were not always responsive to people’s immediate needs. Medicines were not always managed safely. The environment and infection control practices were not always safe. The provider’s governance systems were not always effective in monitoring and improving the quality of service.

Safeguarding concerns were identified and reported. The provider made sure there was continuity of care, including when people moved between different services. When the service had identified changes to people’s health and care needs, they worked with external health professionals and sought medical advice appropriately. Staff were recruited safely and trained appropriately.

On our first visit to the service, interactions with people were mostly task orientated. During the second on site visit we observed frequent positive interactions with people.

A new manager had been in post at Corbrook Park for several months and had submitted an application to register with CQC and, during the inspection, the application was successful.

We have asked the provider for an action plan in response to the concerns found at this assessment.

14 November 2023

During an inspection looking at part of the service

About the service

Corbrook Park is a residential care home providing personal and nursing care for to up to 80 people. The service provides support to people within 2 separate units, one of which specialises in supporting people living with dementia. At the time of our inspection there were 68 people using the service.

People’s experience of the service and what we found:

Overall, there were enough staff to meet people's care and support needs. However, people told us and records showed that at times, people were kept waiting for call bells to be answered.

We have made a recommendation in relation to the allocation and deployment of staff.

The provider assessed risks associated with people's care and support. However, staff had not always robustly followed plans to mitigate aspects of risk. The manager took action to address this straight away.

People told us they felt safe living at Corbrook Park. Staff followed procedures to help protect people from abuse and harm.

People received safe support with their medicines from staff members who had been trained and assessed as competent. The environment was clean and well maintained. Staff followed procedures in relation to infection prevention and control.

People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and the provider supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests; the application of the policies and systems supported good practice.

People and staff were positive about the management of the service. There was a new manager in post, who was focused on providing person centred care for people. People were mainly complementary about the support they received and said they were involved in decisions about their care.

Overall, the provider had systems in place to identify improvements and drive good care. They worked in partnership with people and other organisations.

For more details, please see the full report which is on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk

Rating at last inspection

The last rating for this service was Good (published 3 Feb 2021).

Why we inspected

This inspection was prompted by a review of the information we held about this service. We undertook a focused inspection to review the key questions of safe and well-led only.

For those key question not inspected, we used the ratings awarded at the last inspection to calculate the overall rating. The overall rating for the service has remained good based on the findings of this inspection.

We looked at infection prevention and control measures under the Safe key question. We look at this in all care home inspections even if no concerns or risks have been identified. This is to provide assurance the service can respond to COVID-19 and other infection outbreaks effectively.

You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection by selecting the ‘all reports’ link for Corbrook Park on our website at www.cqc.org.uk.

Follow Up

We will continue to monitor information we receive about the service, which will help inform when we next inspect.