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What the CQC found at Braceborough Hall Care Home

Goodpublished 7 January 2026, 9 months ago

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

The latest report, explained

What inspectors found, February 2021

Braceborough Hall Retirement Home: targeted infection-control inspection found good practice, but the service was not rated.

Inspectors visited on 18 December 2020. This was an announced, targeted inspection during the COVID-19 pandemic. They checked infection prevention and control arrangements, including PPE, visiting, cleaning, testing and new admissions.

Inspectors found good practice. Visitors were screened, had their temperatures checked and were given guidance about PPE and hand hygiene. There was plenty of PPE, regular testing, daily enhanced cleaning and a separate room for visits.

Staff had been trained in infection-control guidance and inspectors observed them following it. The home had an up-to-date policy, regular audits and plans for managing an outbreak.

The home was inspected but not rated. This means the report does not give an overall quality rating or a rated result for the five questions.

What inspectors praised

  • Visitor safety

    Visitors were screened before entering, had their temperatures recorded and were supported to use PPE and hand hygiene facilities.

    “Visitors were required to answer screening questions prior to entering the service. Temperatures of visitors were taken and recorded.” from the report

  • PPE and staff practice

    The home had enough PPE, trained staff and designated areas for putting on and removing it. Inspectors saw staff following current guidance.

    “We observed staff followed current guidance and practice throughout our visit.” from the report

  • Cleaning and visiting arrangements

    Inspectors found the environment clean and hygienic. A separate ground-floor room allowed relatives and friends to visit without going through the main building.

    “Enhanced cleaning took place daily. The environment was clean and hygienic.” from the report

  • Testing and outbreak planning

    Regular COVID-19 testing was in place for staff and residents. The home had plans for preventing and managing an infection outbreak.

    “A regular programme of testing for COVID-19 was in place for staff and people who lived in the service.” 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. 01Is regular COVID-19 or other infection testing still in place for staff and residents?
  2. 02How do you screen visitors and check that PPE and hand hygiene guidance is followed now?
  3. 03How often are infection-control audits carried out, and what changes have been made after any concerns?
  4. 04What arrangements are currently used for visits, and can visitors enter without walking through the main building?
  5. 05What is the current plan if there is an infection outbreak or a new admission?

This was an announced, targeted inspection of infection prevention and control during the COVID-19 pandemic; it did not rate the other four questions or give an overall rating. This explanation was written from the published report of 10 February 2021 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 Braceborough Hall Care Home

Each visit the CQC has published, newest first, back to the day the home was registered.

  1. February 2021Inspected but not ratedcurrent rating
    Safe: Inspected but not ratedEffective: No published ratingCaring: No published ratingResponsive: No published ratingWell-led: No published rating

    Read what inspectors found at Braceborough Hall Care Home →

  2. October 2020

    Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 19 October 2020.

Ratings and report dates from the Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence v3.0. A home can also be visited without a new rating being published, so the timeline shows published inspections.

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