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What the CQC found at Fauld House Nursing Home
Rated Good: inspectors found the home performing well and meeting their expectations.
What inspectors found, December 2020
Fauld House Nursing Home was inspected but not rated; inspectors were assured about infection prevention and control.
This was an announced inspection on 17 November 2020. It was part of a CQC thematic review of infection prevention and control in care homes during the coronavirus pandemic.
Inspectors found that the home was preventing visitors from spreading infection, following shielding and distancing rules, using protective equipment safely, and arranging testing for people and staff.
The home had a booking system for visits and used video calls and window visits when normal visits were restricted. Inspectors also found the building clean and well maintained, with extra cleaning in place.
The service was inspected but not rated. This means the visit did not give an overall quality rating or full ratings for all five areas.
Safe visiting arrangements
The home discussed visiting procedures with relatives and used a booking system that allowed time to clean the visiting area between visits.
“The provider had discussed their visiting procedure with relatives.” from the report
Keeping families connected
When visits were restricted, the home used video calls and window visits to help people stay in contact with loved ones.
“When visits had been restricted other methods were used to ensure people continued to have contact with their loved ones such as, video calls and window visits.” from the report
Clean environment
Inspectors found the environment clean and well maintained. Extra cleaning had been introduced to reduce the risk of infection spreading.
“The environment was well maintained and clean. Additional cleaning had been implemented to lower the risk of cross transmission.” from the report
Support for higher-risk people and staff
Risk assessments were completed for people and staff in higher-risk groups. Staff were also supported during periods of anxiety.
“Risk assessments had been completed to ensure people and staff in high risk groups were supported to remain safe.” from the report
Further development identified
minorThe CQC signposted the provider to resources to develop its infection prevention and control approach. The report does not say exactly what needed to change.
“We have also signposted the provider to resources to develop their approach.” from the report
- 01What changes have you made to your infection prevention and control approach since the CQC signposted you to further resources?
- 02How do you currently arrange visits, and how much time is allowed for cleaning between visits?
- 03How are people kept in contact with relatives if in-person visits are restricted?
- 04How do you currently provide testing and protective equipment for people living here and staff?
- 05How do you identify and support people and staff who are at higher risk from infection?
This was a focused thematic inspection of infection prevention and control during the coronavirus pandemic; it did not rate the other four questions or give an overall rating. This explanation was written from the published report of 4 December 2020 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.
Every inspection of Fauld House Nursing Home
Each visit the CQC has published, newest first, back to the day the home was registered.
- December 2020Inspected but not ratedcurrent ratingSafe: Inspected but not ratedEffective: No published ratingCaring: No published ratingResponsive: No published ratingWell-led: No published rating
- October 2019
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 2 October 2019.
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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