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What the CQC found at Compton House Christian Nursing Home
Rated Good: inspectors found the home performing well and meeting their expectations.
What inspectors found, July 2018
Compton House Christian Nursing Home was rated Outstanding; inspectors found exceptionally caring, responsive and well-led support, with safe and effective care rated Good.
This was an unannounced inspection on 3 May 2018. Inspectors spoke with people living in the home, visitors, relatives, staff, the management team and healthcare professionals. They also checked care records, medicines records, staff records, audits and incident reports.
The home was rated Outstanding overall. Caring, responsive and well-led were rated Outstanding. Safe and effective were rated Good. Inspectors found kind staff, enough suitably trained staff, safe medicines systems, coordinated healthcare and a wide range of meaningful activities.
People were involved in decisions about their care and the running of the home. Inspectors found that feedback was listened to and acted on. They also found strong quality checks and a clear focus on learning and ongoing improvement.
The home had previously been rated Good at the inspection on 14 December 2015. The overall rating had improved to Outstanding at this inspection.
Meaningful activities
People had many opportunities to take part in activities, trips, community events and hobbies that gave their days purpose.
“People had access to a varied range of meaningful activities and events to ensure that they led fulfilled, purposeful lives.” from the report
People involved in decisions
People helped shape their care, activities and the running of the home. Meetings and feedback systems gave them regular ways to share views.
“People were actively involved in decisions about their care and in the running of the home.” from the report
Safe medicines support
Medicines were administered by nurses whose competence was checked. Inspectors found medicines were stored, given and disposed of safely.
“People received their medicines safely, on time and in accordance with their needs.” from the report
Strong leadership
The management team used audits, action plans and outside partnerships to monitor care and improve the service.
“Robust and effective quality assurance processes ensured the delivery of care and drove improvement.” from the report
Inspectors raised no specific concerns in this report.
- 01How do you make sure there are enough staff with the right skills when a resident's needs change?
- 02How would you involve my relative in writing and reviewing their care plan?
- 03How are activities chosen for people who have different interests, abilities or communication needs?
- 04How does the coloured-cup system work, and how would you monitor my relative's food and fluid intake?
- 05How would you discuss and record my relative's wishes about future and end of life care?
This was an unannounced inspection covering the overall service and all five CQC questions; the previous inspection on 14 December 2015 had rated the service Good. This explanation was written from the published report of 13 July 2018 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 report was longer than we could read in one go; the later sections may not be reflected.
Every inspection of Compton House Christian Nursing Home
2 rated inspections over 2 years: the service has improved, from Good to Outstanding.
- July 2018Outstandingcurrent ratingup from GoodSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: OutstandingResponsive: OutstandingWell-led: Outstanding
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- March 2016GoodSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
- February 2014
Report published without a new overall rating.
- March 2013
Report published without a new overall rating.
- November 2010
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 26 November 2010.
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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