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What the CQC found at Roundhay Wood Apartments
Rated Good: inspectors found the home performing well and meeting their expectations.
- Safe?
- Good
- Inspectors found enough staff, safe recruitment checks, suitable risk assessments and safe medicines management. They also found systems for responding to abuse, accidents and other incidents.
- Effective?
- Good
- Staff received induction, training and supervision. Care plans reflected people's current needs, health needs, communication and cultural needs, and the home worked with health and social care professionals.
- Caring?
- Good
- People were treated with kindness, dignity and respect. Staff understood people's histories, preferences and communication needs, and supported independence.
- Responsive?
- Good
- Care was personalised and reviewed to reflect people's needs and preferences. People were supported to maintain relationships, access their local communities and take part in meaningful activities.
- Well-led?
- Good
- Inspectors found effective leadership, regular staff training and meetings, and robust systems for checking quality and safety. The home had an improvement plan, including involving people more in their care plans.
What inspectors found, May 2023
Roundhay Wood Apartments is Rated Good; inspectors found safe, kind and personalised care with strong support for choice and independence.
This was the first inspection since the home registered in October 2021. It was unannounced and took place on 4 and 12 April 2023. One inspector and an Expert by Experience spoke with a person living at the home, relatives, staff and visiting professionals. They also observed care and checked care, medicines, recruitment and quality records.
The inspectors found that all five areas were Good: Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led. They found enough trained staff, safe medicines arrangements, personalised care plans and support for people to make choices and take part in community activities.
The home was led effectively. Staff understood people's needs and relatives said they felt involved and could raise concerns. The report also noted an improvement plan to involve people more in writing and reviewing their care plans.
Personalised support
Care plans were detailed and up to date. Staff knew people's likes, dislikes, communication needs and aspirations.
“People's care plans were up to date, personalised, and reflected their current needs and aspirations, including physical and mental health needs.” from the report
Choice and independence
People were supported to make choices, have control over their lives and use the least restrictive approach possible.
“People were supported to have maximum choice and control of their lives and staff supported them in the least restrictive way possible and in their best interests” from the report
Kind and respectful care
Inspectors observed respectful interactions and relatives spoke positively about the care and communication.
“People received kind and compassionate care from staff. People were comfortable in the company of staff, and staff we observed demonstrated respect when interacting with people.” from the report
Community involvement
People were supported to maintain relationships and take part in activities that mattered to them, both at home and in the community.
“Care records showed people were supported to be active in their local communities, in order to avoid social isolation.” from the report
Staff training and leadership
Staff had induction, ongoing training and supervision. Inspectors found positive leadership and effective systems for monitoring quality and safety.
“Systems for audit, quality assurance and questioning of practice were robust and operated effectively.” from the report
More involvement in care plans
minorThe improvement plan included finding ways to involve people more in writing and reviewing their care plans. Ask how this is being put into practice for your relative.
“This included looking at ways involve people more in the writing and reviewing of their care plans.” from the report
- 01How will my relative be involved in writing and reviewing their care plan?
- 02How do you make sure staffing levels change when people's needs change?
- 03How do you review medicines, including 'as required' medicines, and work to avoid over-medication?
- 04How will you support my relative's communication needs and make sure staff understand what they are communicating?
- 05What activities and community opportunities would be available for my relative?
This was an unannounced first inspection covering all five CQC questions, including care, premises, infection prevention and quality systems. This explanation was written from the published report of 4 May 2023 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 Roundhay Wood Apartments
Each visit the CQC has published, newest first, back to the day the home was registered.
- May 2023Goodcurrent ratingSafe: GoodEffective: GoodCaring: GoodResponsive: GoodWell-led: Good
- October 2021
Registered with the Care Quality Commission on 8 October 2021.
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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