Archived: Silverlea Residential Home

Updated 25 November 2015

We carried out this inspection under Section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 as part of our regulatory functions. This inspection was planned to check whether the provider is meeting the legal requirements and regulations associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2008, to look at the overall quality of the service, and to provide a rating for the service under the Care Act 2014.’

We undertook a focused inspection of Silverlea Residential Home on 19 October 2015. This inspection was done to check that improvements to meet legal requirements planned by the provider after our 27 April 2015 inspection had been made. The team inspected the service against one of the five questions we ask about services: is the service safe? This is because the service was not meeting some legal requirements.

The inspection team consisted of one inspector.

During the inspection we spoke with the registered manager and deputy manager. We reviewed maintenance and risk assessment documentation.

Updated 25 November 2015

We carried out an unannounced comprehensive inspection of this service on 27 April 2015. A breach of legal requirements was found. After the comprehensive inspection, the provider wrote to us to say what they would do to meet legal requirements in relation to controlling risks associated with the premises and equipment.

We undertook this focused inspection to check that they had followed their plan and to confirm that they now met legal requirements. This report only covers our findings in relation to those requirements. You can read the report from our last comprehensive inspection, by selecting the 'all reports' link for (Silverlea Residential Home) on our website at www.cqc.org.uk

The inspection took place on 19 October 2015. We gave the provider a short amount of notice as we wanted to ensure the manager was present to talk us through alterations made to the building.

Silverlea Residential Home is registered to provide care to 35 people in both single and double bedrooms, situated on all four floors of the building. On the day of the inspection 17 people were living in the home.

A registered manager was in place. A registered manager is a person who has registered with the Care Quality Commission to manage the service. Like registered providers, they are ‘registered persons’. Registered persons have legal responsibility for meeting the requirements in the Health and Social Care Act and associated Regulations about how the service is run.

At the last inspection on 27 April 2015 we found a breach of Regulation 12 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010. We found risks associated with equipment and the premises were not adequately assessed and mitigated by the provider.

At this inspection we found improvements had been made. The risks we previously identified, such as unprotected radiators and trip hazards had been reduced through maintenance and minor building works.

Where bed rails were used, risk assessments had been put in place to help staff manage the risk they presented.